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| indivhonour4 = [[British League Riders' Championship|British League Riders' Champion]]
| indivhonour4 = [[British League Riders' Championship|British League Riders' Champion]]
| indivyear5 = 1971, 1978, 1979
| indivyear5 = 1971, 1978, 1979
| indivhonour5 = [[Second City Trophy]]
| indivhonour5 = Second City Trophy
| indivyear6 = 1972, 1979
| indivyear6 = 1972, 1979
| indivhonour6 = [[Star of Anglia]]
| indivhonour6 = Star of Anglia
| indivyear7 = 1974
| indivyear7 = 1974
| indivhonour7 = Superama
| indivhonour7 = Superama
| indivyear8 = 1975
| indivyear8 = 1975
| indivhonour8 = [[Pride of the East]]
| indivhonour8 = Pride of the East
| indivyear9 = 1975, 1978
| indivyear9 = 1975, 1978
| indivhonour9 = [[Golden Sovereign]]
| indivhonour9 = Golden Sovereign
| indivyear10 = 1975
| indivyear10 = 1975
| indivhonour10 = [[Golden Gauntlets]]
| indivhonour10 = Golden Gauntlets
| teamyear1 = 1970, 1971
| teamyear1 = 1970, 1971

| teamhonour1 = [[British League Division Two Knockout Cup|British League Div II KO Cup winner]]
| teamhonour1 = [[British League Division Two Knockout Cup|British League Div II KO Cup winner]]
| teamyear2 = 1972, 1974, 1975
| teamyear2 = 1972, 1974, 1975
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'''John Charles Louis''' (born 14 June 1941)<ref>Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. {{ISBN|0-948882-81-6}}</ref> is a former England international [[motorcycle speedway]] rider<ref>Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. {{ISBN|978-0-244-72538-9}}</ref> who rode for [[Ipswich Witches|Ipswich]], [[Newport Wasps|Newport]], [[West Ham Hammers|West Ham]], [[Oxford Cheetahs|Oxford]], [[Wembley Lions (speedway)|Wembley]], [[Halifax Dukes|Halifax]] and [[King's Lynn Stars|King's Lynn]] during his career. He is the father of [[Great Britain national speedway team|Great Britain]] International [[Chris Louis]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=The A-Z of Sport|year=2004|page=524|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=0-316-72645-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref>
'''John Charles Louis''' (born 14 June 1941)<ref>Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. {{ISBN|0-948882-81-6}}</ref> is a former England international [[motorcycle speedway]] rider<ref>Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. {{ISBN|978-0-244-72538-9}}</ref> He is the father of [[Great Britain national speedway team|Great Britain]] International [[Chris Louis]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=The A-Z of Sport|year=2004|page=524|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=0-316-72645-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://britishspeedway.co.uk/docs/Ultimate_Index_1929-2022.pdf |title=ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022 |website=British Speedway |access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref>


==Career history==
==Career history==
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==World Final Appearances==
==World Final Appearances==
===Individual World Championship===
===Individual World Championship===
* [[1972 Individual Speedway World Championship|1972]] – {{flagicon|GBR}} London, [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] – 5th – 11pts
* [[1972 Individual Speedway World Championship|1972]] – {{flagicon|ENG}} London, [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] – 5th – 11pts
* [[1974 Individual Speedway World Championship|1974]] – {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]], [[Ullevi]] – 4th – 9pts
* [[1974 Individual Speedway World Championship|1974]] – {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]], [[Ullevi]] – 4th – 9pts
* [[1975 Individual Speedway World Championship|1975]] – {{flagicon|GBR}} London, [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] – '''3rd''' – 12pts + 3pts
* [[1975 Individual Speedway World Championship|1975]] – {{flagicon|ENG}} London, [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] – '''3rd''' – 12pts + 3pts
* [[1976 Individual Speedway World Championship|1976]] – {{flagicon|POL}} [[Chorzów]], [[Silesian Stadium]] – 6th – 9pts
* [[1976 Individual Speedway World Championship|1976]] – {{flagicon|POL}} [[Chorzów]], [[Silesian Stadium]] – 6th – 9pts


Revision as of 16:39, 21 December 2023

This article is about the Speedway rider and promoter. For the businessman and US ambassador, see John J. Louis, Jr. For the British admiral, see Sir John Louis, 2nd Baronet.
John Louis
Born (1941-06-14) 14 June 1941 (age 83)
Ipswich, England
NicknameTiger
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1970–1980Ipswich Witches
1970Newport Wasps
1970West Ham Hammers
1971Oxford Cheetahs
1971Wembley Lions
1981–1982Halifax Dukes
1983–1984King's Lynn Stars
Individual honours
1971British League Div II Riders' Champion
1975British Champion
1976Southern Riders' Champion
1979British League Riders' Champion
1971, 1978, 1979Second City Trophy
1972, 1979Star of Anglia
1974Superama
1975Pride of the East
1975, 1978Golden Sovereign
1975Golden Gauntlets
Team honours
1970, 1971British League Div II KO Cup winner
1972, 1974, 1975World Team Cup Winner
1975, 1976British League Champion
1976, 1978British League KO Cup winner
1976World Pairs Champion
1976, 1977British League Pairs Champion
1976Spring Gold Cup

John Charles Louis (born 14 June 1941)[1] is a former England international motorcycle speedway rider[2] He is the father of Great Britain International Chris Louis.[3][4]

Career history

Ipswich born Louis started his motorcycling career in scrambling and was tempted to have a go at speedway when Ipswich re-opened in 1969. He made his debut in 1970 and by the following year topped the national Second Division averages. He won the British League Division Two Riders Championship, held at Hackney Wick Stadium on 2 October 1971.[5]

In 1972, Ipswich gained admission to the top flight by purchasing West Ham's licence and Louis spearheaded the Witches team, making his World Final debut at London's Wembley Stadium in 1972, finishing in 5th place.

Louis finished fourth at the 1974 World Final at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden and improved to third in the 1975 World Final at Wembley - becoming the first British rider to stand on the World Championship podium since Peter Craven in 1962. Louis was part of the Great Britain Speedway World Team Cup winning team of 1972 and England's 1974 and 1975 winning teams.

Louis was also the British Champion in 1975 (Chris Louis would win the British Championship in 1998 and 2000 making them the first father-son to do so).

The following year, he was the World Pairs Champion in 1976 with Malcolm Simmons and finished sixth in his last World Final appearance in Poland. He also captained Ipswich to the British League title in 1975 and 1976 and the British League Pairs Championship with Billy Sanders during 1976 and 1977.[6]

He won the British League Riders' Championship, held at Hyde Road on 20 October 1979.[7] In 1981, Louis joined Halifax, spending two seasons at The Shay before signing for a season at King's Lynn in 1983.

Management

He retired from riding in 1984 and became the promoter of the Ipswich Witches. He retired as the promoter of Ipswich in 2019.

World Final Appearances

Individual World Championship

World Pairs Championship

World Team Cup

* 1972 for Great Britain. All others for England.

References

  1. ^ Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who. ISBN 0-948882-81-6
  2. ^ Lawson,K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. ISBN 978-0-244-72538-9
  3. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). The A-Z of Sport. Little, Brown. p. 524. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  4. ^ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Reg Wilson finishes eighth in speedway riders' finals". Hull Daily Mail. 4 October 1971. Retrieved 16 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Speedway". Daily Mirror. 20 October 1976. Retrieved 16 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Speedway". The People. 21 October 1979. Retrieved 4 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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