15 Facts About Colin Pratt

Colin George Pratt was a British motorcycle speedway rider and later promoter of the Coventry Bees who compete in the British Elite League.

Colin Pratt earned 14 international caps for the England national speedway team and 7 caps for the Great Britain team.

Colin Pratt was later the manager of the Great Britain national team from 1979 to 1980 and from 1986 to 1993.

Colin Pratt was signed by the Southampton Saints, where he made his National League debut against Oxford.

Colin Pratt had only second-half rides for Southampton in 1961, and was loaned to Poole Pirates for whom he rode in three matches, Ipswich Witches, and then Stoke Potters where he started to score well, with paid 15 points against Wolverhampton and a 12-point maximum against Cradley Heath.

Colin Pratt moved on to the Swindon Robins before joining the Hackney Hawks in 1964.

Colin Pratt rode for the Hawks for six years until the 1970 season when he moved to the Cradley Heathens.

Colin Pratt was riding as a guest for the West Ham Hammers against a Danish select side in the Netherlands.

Colin Pratt sustained three broken bones in his neck and was warned by doctors that if he rode again and broke it he would be paralysed.

Colin Pratt was a full England international and rode in two World Team Cup finals.

Colin Pratt became co-promoter at the Rye House Rockets with former boss Len Silver in 1979.

Colin Pratt stayed at Cradley until 1996 where he became co-promoter of the ill-fated London Lions, based at the Hawks' previous stadium, Hackney Wick.

Colin Pratt has won sixteen major trophies as a manager or promoter.

Colin Pratt has served several terms on the British Speedway Promoters' Association management committee.

Colin Pratt died on 2 October 2021, at the age of 82 from cancer.