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Ernest Thomas Roccio (16 September 1927 – 22 July 1952) was a motorcycle speedway rider from the United States.




Speedway career


Roccio was a leading speedway rider in the early 1950s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1951 Individual Speedway World Championship.
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for Wimbledon Dons. Previously he had raced for the Shelbourne Tigers in Dublin along with his brother John Roccio. While riding for Wimbledon on 22 July 1952 he was killed after crashing into the fence at high speed at West Ham Stadium, it has been reported that he died instantly but the newspaper report states he died in hospital.




World Final Appearances


1951 - London, Wembley Stadium - 15th - 2pts




See also


Rider deaths in motorcycle speedway




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Ernie Roccio
• Scott Autrey
• Shelbourne Park
• List of rider deaths in motorcycle speedway
• 1950 Speedway National League
• 1951 Individual Speedway World Championship
• Ed Kretz
• 1951 Speedway National League
• Wimbledon Dons
• 1952 Speedway National League