{{Short description|Danish speedway rider}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Use British English|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox Speedway rider | name = Morian Hansen | image = File:Morian_Hansen_motorcycle_speedway_rider_cigarette_card.png | nationality = Danish | birth_date = 10 January 1905 | birth_place = Frederikssund, Denmark | death_date = {{death date and age|1995|2|21|1905|1|10|df=y}}
| years1 = 1931, 1933 | career1 = West Ham Hammers | years2 = 1935-1937 | career2 = Hackney Wick Wolves | years3 = 1938 | career3 = Bristol Bulldogs | years4 = 1939 | career4 = Wembley Lions | teamyear1 = 1936 | teamhonour1 = London cup winner }}
'''Jens Henning Fisker Hansen''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DFC|GM}} (10 January 1905 in Frederikssund, Denmark – 21 February 1995), known popularly as '''Morian Hansen''', was a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark, who rode in the first ever Speedway World Championship Final in 1936.<ref>Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7524-2402-5}}</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=28 July 2023}}</ref>
== Career == Hansen's first speedway races were at Copenhagen in 1928.<ref name="Morgan">Morgan, Tom (1947) ''The People Speedway Guide'', Odhams Press, p. 59</ref> He first rode in the UK for the West Ham Hammers in 1931 on a two-month permit, returning two years later.<ref name="Morgan" /><ref>Belton, Brian (2003). ''Hammerin' Round''. {{ISBN|0-7524-2438-6}}</ref>
He joined the Hackney Wick Wolves in 1935<ref>Jacobs, Norman (2001). ''Speedway in London''. {{ISBN|0-7524-2221-9}}</ref> and rode for the club for three years until the end of the 1937 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001035/19370606/233/0017 |title=Max Grosskreutz planning a speedway test return |website=Reynolds's Newspaper |date=6 June 1937 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=26 October 2024 }}</ref> He then moved onto the Bristol Bulldogs and Wembley Lions before the outbreak of World War II.<ref name="Morgan" /><ref name="hack">{{cite book | last = Fenn| first = C | title = Hackney Speedway, Friday at Eight | publisher = NPI Media Group | year = 2003 | isbn = 0-7524-2737-7}}</ref> He competed in the World Championship finals in 1936 and 1937.<ref name="Morgan" />
Hansen had held a pilot's licence since 1935 and served in the Royal Air Force during WWII, rising to the rank of Squadron Leader.<ref name="Morgan" />
== Family == Born to Lars Christian and Rasmine, his two brothers Baltzer Hansen and Kaj (Kalle) Hansen both followed him into speedway.<ref>{{cite news |title=First Speedway League Match |work=Daily News (London) |date=21 April 1936 |access-date=31 December 2023 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19360421/370/0019 | via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
== Awards == During WWII Hansen was awarded - * The Distinguished Flying Cross,<ref name="hack"/><ref name="mik_dk">{{cite web |title=Historien om Henning Morian Hansens liv |url=http://www.mik.dk/Din_guide/Fokus/Ballerup/Det_heldige_13.aspx |work=Museer i København - og omegn |language=Danish |accessdate=10 August 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * The George Medal,<ref name="hack"/><ref name="mik_dk"/> * The 1939-1945 Star,<ref name="mik_dk"/> * The Air Crew Europe Star,<ref name="mik_dk"/> * The Burma Star<ref name="mik_dk"/> and * The Defence Medal.<ref name="mik_dk"/>
== World Final Appearances == * 1936 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - 11th - 15pts * 1937 - {{Flagicon|ENG}} London, Wembley Stadium - 11th - 15pts
==Players cigarette cards== Hansen is listed as number 18 of 50 in the 1930s Player's cigarette card collection.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwaymuseumonline.co.uk/playerscigarettecards4.html|title=Speedway Riders 18|website=Speedway Museum Online|access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Morian}} Category:1905 births Category:1995 deaths Category:Danish speedway riders Category:West Ham Hammers riders Category:Hackney Wick Wolves riders Category:Danish expatriate speedway riders in England Category:Bristol Bulldogs riders Category:Wembley Lions riders Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Category:Recipients of the George Medal Category:Royal Air Force officers Category:People from Frederikssund Municipality Category:Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark