Ann Wisdom

{{Short description|English rally driver (1934–2015)}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Ann Marie Riley | image = Finish van de Tulpenrallye te Noordwijk. Pat Moss (links) en haar bijrijdster A…, Bestanddeelnr 912-4503.jpg | caption = Pat Moss & Ann Wisdom (1961) | birth_name = Ann Marie Wisdom | birth_date = {{birth date|1934|05|28}} | birth_place = Surrey, England | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|10|14|1934|05|28|df=yes}} | death_place = | occupation = Rally navigator | spouse = Peter Riley (m. 1962-2015; her death) | parents = Tommy Wisdom<br>Elsie Mary Wisdom | children = Jennifer Riley (born 1962)<br>Timothy Riley (born 1964) }}

'''Ann Marie Wisdom''' (28 May 1934 – 14 October 2015) was an English rally driver, better known as a navigator.

==Career== During the late 1950s and early 1960s, she was well known as a navigator for Pat Moss, the sister of Sir Stirling Moss. Their partnership ensured them to compete at the same level as the men.<ref name="obit">{{cite web|url=http://www.retro-speed.co.uk/showfeature.asp?art=16458|title=Ann Riley (nee Wisdom) obituary|website=www.retro-speed.co.uk|accessdate=20 April 2018|url-status = live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112040149/http://www.retro-speed.co.uk/showfeature.asp?art=16458|archivedate=12 January 2017|df=}}</ref> In 1962, she ended her rally career in order to start a family, marrying the gentleman rally driver, Peter Riley. Pat bounced back, hiring erstwhile driver Pauline Mayman to navigate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://speedqueens.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/pat-moss-moss-carlsson.html|title=Pat Moss (Moss-Carlsson)|website=speedqueens.blogspot.co.uk|accessdate=20 April 2018|url-status = live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215012524/http://speedqueens.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/pat-moss-moss-carlsson.html|archivedate=15 February 2016|df=}}</ref>

==Personal life== Wisdom was born in 1934,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/districts.pl?r=169239164:1899&d=bmd_1482573108|title=FreeBMD District Info|website=www.freebmd.org.uk|accessdate=20 April 2018}}</ref> the daughter and only child of professional racers Tommy Wisdom and Elsie Wisdom (née Gleed).

In 1962, shortly after retiring, she married rally driver Peter Riley in Worthing<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/districts.pl?r=224810267:3523&d=bmd_1482573108|title=FreeBMD District Info|website=www.freebmd.org.uk|accessdate=20 April 2018}}</ref> and remained married until her death on October 14, 2015, exactly seven years after the death of Pat Moss. Peter died just under a year later, in July 2016.

During their marriage, Ann and Peter had two children, Tim and Jenny.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brdc.co.uk/Notice-of-Death---Peter-Riley-1930---2016|title=British Racing Drivers' Club|work=www.brdc.co.uk|accessdate=20 April 2018|url-status = live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302163932/http://www.brdc.co.uk/Notice-of-Death---Peter-Riley-1930---2016|archivedate=2 March 2018|df=}}</ref>

Ann Wisdom died on 14 October 2015, at the age of 81.<ref name="obit"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Ann Marie Riley |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/1750302:60630?tid=&pid=&queryId=546ac97d-4e93-4697-95f3-7c244f6a82c6&_phsrc=Dqh7890&_phstart=successSource |publisher=England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2022 |access-date=16 May 2024}}</ref>

==References== <references/>

==External links== * [http://www.ewrc-results.com/coprofile.php?p=92161&t=Ann-Wisdom-Riley eWRC]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wisdom, Ann}} Category:1934 births Category:2015 deaths Category:Female rally drivers Category:English rally drivers Category:English female racing drivers Category:20th-century English sportswomen