| 词条 | Paddy Mills (speedway rider) |
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| name = Paddy Mills | image = | nationality = {{GBR}} | birth_date = 1913 | birth_place = Leicester, England | britishleague = | retired = Retired | years1 = 1937 | career1 = Leicester Hounds | years2 = 1938-1939 | career2 = Sheffield | years3 = 1946-1952 | career3 = Norwich Stars | years4 = 1953 | career4 = Stoke Potters | teamyear1 = 1950, 1951 | teamhonour1 = National League Division Two Champion | teamyear2 = 1951 | teamhonour2 = National Trophy (Div 2) | teamyear3 = 1951 | teamhonour3 = Southern Shield }} Horace Burke (born 1913), better known under the alias Paddy Mills, was a motorcycle speedway rider whose career spanned World War II. Born Horace Burke in Leicester in 1913,[1] he adopted the name Paddy Mills and began his career at Leicester in 1937, riding for the Hounds in the Provincial League. In 1938 he joined Sheffield, spending a season there before joining the Royal Air Force.[2] He served in the RAF for six years, and was awarded the British Empire Medal.[2] After the war he joined the Norwich Stars, for whom he was the third highest points scorer in 1946, with 348 points in total.[2] He went on to be the team's leading points scorer in both 1947 and 1948.[2] He was picked to represent England in second test match in 1949, but suffered a fractured skull a few days before.[2] In 1952 Mills became president of the newly formed Leicester Amateur Speedway Club, which had a training track at Syston.[3] In the late 1960s, Mills ran training sessions for the Long Eaton Archers. References1. ^Dalling, Philip (2007) Nottingham and Long Eaton Speedway, Stadia, {{ISBN|978-0-7524-4163-4}}, p. 155 {{DEFAULTSORT:Mills, Paddy}}{{England-speedway-bio-stub}}2. ^1 2 3 4 Morgan, Tom (1949) Who's Who in Speedway, Sport-in-Print, p. 53 3. ^Bamford, R & Jarvis J. (2001) Homes of British Speedway, {{ISBN|0-7524-2210-3}}, p. 150 8 : 1913 births|Possibly living people|British speedway riders|English motorcycle racers|Sportspeople from Leicester|Sheffield Tigers riders|Norwich Stars riders|Stoke Potters riders |
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