Freddie Frith

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Frederick L. "Freddie" Frith OBE (born May 30, 1909 - May 24, 1988 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, UK) was a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion. A former stonemason and motor-trader dealer was a stylish rider and five times winner of the Isle of Man TT. Frith had the distinction of being one of the few to win TT races before and after the Second World War.[1]

He won the 1935 Junior Manx Grand Prix and then joined the Norton team for the 1936 TT Races. It was a winning combination as he claimed the Junior TT and finished second in the Senior TT as well as winning the 350cc European Championship . In 1937 he went one better in the Senior and took a brilliant win and setting the first 90 mph plus lap of the Mountain Course.

After finishing third in the 1939 Senior he missed the 1947 TT due to a practice spill on a 500cc Moto Guzzi. Turning to Velocettes in 1948 he won the Junior Race, repeating this success a year later. Freddie also has the distinction of being the first ever 350cc World Champion in 1949 when, he won all five events of the inaugural campaign.

Year Class Classification Machine Victories
1949 350cc 1st Velocette 5
1949 500cc 11th Velocette 0
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Wal Handley		 350cc Motorcycle European Champion
1936		 Succeeded by
Jimmy Guthrie

  1. ^ Keig, Stanley Robertson (1975). The Keig Collection: six hundred photographs from the Manx House of Keig of T.T. riders and their machines from 1911 to 1939, vol 1. Bruce Main-Smith & Co. pp.28-29 ISBN 0-90436-505-0

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350 cc Motorcycle World Champions
(1949) Freddie Frith • (1950) Bob Foster • (1951, 52) Geoff Duke • (1953, 54) Fergus Anderson • (1955, 56) Bill Lomas • (1957) Kieth Campbell • (1958, 59, 60) John Surtees • (1961) Gary Hocking • (1962, 63, 64, 65) Jim Redman • (1966, 67) Mike Hailwood • (1968, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74) Giacomo Agostini • (1975) Johnny Cecotto • (1976) Walter Villa • (1977) Takazumi Katayama • (1978, 79) Kork Ballington • (1980) Jon Ekerold • (1981, 82) Anton Mang

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