# Doug Wyer

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{{Short description|British motorcycle speedway rider}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox Speedway rider
| name= Doug Wyer
| image = Doug Wyer.jpg
| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date =  {{birth date and age|df=yes|1947|8|16}}
| death_date =  
| birth_place = [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham), England

| years1 = 1969
| career1 = [Doncaster Stallions](/source/Doncaster_Stallions)
| years2 = 1969–1980
| career2 = [Sheffield Tigers](/source/Sheffield_Tigers)
| years3 = 1970–1971
| career3 = [Berwick Bandits](/source/Berwick_Bandits)
| years4 = 1981–1985
| career4 = [Halifax Dukes](/source/Halifax_Dukes)
| years5 = 1985
| career5 = [Birmingham Brummies](/source/Birmingham_Brummies)
| years6 = 1986–1988
| career6 = [Edinburgh Monarchs](/source/Edinburgh_Monarchs)
| indivyear1 = 1976, 1979
| indivhonour1 = [Northern Riders' champion](/source/Northern_Riders'_Championship)
| indivyear2 = 1980
| indivhonour2 = [South Australian Champion](/source/South_Australian_Individual_Speedway_Championship)
| indivhonour3 = Skol Northern Masters
| indivyear3 = 1977
| teamyear1 = 1974
| teamhonour1 = [British League KO Cup winner](/source/British_League_Knockout_Cup)
| teamyear2 = 1986
| teamhonour2 = [National League Pairs Champion](/source/British_League_Division_Two_Pairs_Championship)
| teamyear3 = 1973, 1974, 1979
| teamhonour3 = Northern Trophy
}}

'''Douglas Wyer''' (born 16 August 1947 in [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham), [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire), England)<ref name="ww76">{{cite book | last = Oakes | first = Peter |author2=Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE |authorlink2=Ivan Mauger  | title = Who's Who of World Speedway | publisher = Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd | year = 1976 | isbn = 0-904584-04-6 }}</ref> is a former international [motorcycle speedway](/source/motorcycle_speedway) rider<ref>Lawson, K (2018) “Riders, Teams and Stadiums”. {{ISBN|978-0-244-72538-9}}</ref> who reached the final of the [Speedway World Championship](/source/Speedway_World_Championship) in [1976](/source/1976_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship). He earned 46 international caps for the [England national speedway team](/source/England_national_speedway_team) and 14 caps for the Great Britain team.<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=16 June 2023}}</ref>

== Career ==
After initially riding for [Doncaster Stallions](/source/Doncaster_Stallions) he was loaned out to [Berwick Bandits](/source/Berwick_Bandits) by his parent club [Sheffield Tigers](/source/Sheffield_Tigers).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000717/19711111/131/0011 |title=Sheffield hold the key to future of Doug Wyer |website=Berwick Advertiser |date=11 November 1971 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 October 2024 }}</ref> Wyer rode for Young Lions against Great Britain on 6 April 1976 at Leicester Stadium and remained a Sheffield rider until 1980.

In 1980, Wyer won the [South Australian Championship](/source/South_Australian_Individual_Speedway_Championship) at the then new [Speedway Park](/source/Speedway_City) in [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide). The {{convert|430|m|yd}} long Speedway Park was a different track than Wyer was used to as its surface is clay rather than the dirt/shale track he rode in at home.

Wyer won the [National League Pairs](/source/British_League_Division_Two_Pairs_Championship), partnering [Les Collins](/source/Les_Collins) for the [Edinburgh Monarchs](/source/Edinburgh_Monarchs), during the [1986 National League season](/source/1986_National_League_season).<ref>{{cite news |title=Speedway Pairs Out |work=Newcastle Journal  |date=14 July 1986 |access-date=25 May 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002240/19860714/191/0014 | via = [British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

== World Final Appearances ==
* [1976](/source/1976_Individual_Speedway_World_Championship) - {{Flagicon|POL}} [Chorzów](/source/Chorz%C3%B3w), [Silesian Stadium](/source/Silesian_Stadium) - 7th - 8 pts<ref>Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}</ref>

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Category:1947 births
Category:Living people
Category:British speedway riders
Category:English motorcycle racers
Category:Doncaster Stallions riders
Category:Sheffield Tigers riders
Category:Berwick Bandits riders
Category:Halifax Dukes riders
Category:Edinburgh Monarchs riders
Category:Birmingham Brummies riders
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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