Frank Shuter

Infobox Speedway rider


ridername= Frank Shuter
nationality = flagicon|New Zealand New Zealand
dateofbirth = 17 June 1943
dateofdeath = 12 July 1997
cityofbirth = Rotorua
countryofbirth = New Zealand
cityofdeath = California
countryofdeath = USA
nickname =
retired = Retired (1976)
years = 1965-1968
1969-1970, 1972
1973-1974
1976

career = Swindon Robins Poole Pirates
Exeter Falcons
LA Sprockets
indivhonour = New Zealand Champion
indivyear = 1971
teamhonour =British League Champion
teamyear = 1967, 1969, 1974

Franklin John (Frank) Shuter (born 17 June 1943 in Rotorua, New Zealand- died 12 July, 1997) [Christchurch Press obituary, 12 Sept. 1997] was a speedway rider who rode with the Swindon Robins, the Poole Pirates and the Exeter Falcons in the British League.

Career summary

Shuter began riding at the Ruapuna track in Christchurch in 1963. He moved to England in 1965 and joined the Swindon Robins. In 1969 he was transferred to the Poole Pirates. In late 1970 he returned to New Zealand and had a break from speedway for a year. Shuter won the New Zealand speedway championship in 1971. [ [http://www.historicspeedway.co.nz/NZchampionships.htm Taranaki Historic Speedway Association - NZ championship results] ] He returned to England in 1972 and rode for Poole again. The following year he was transferred to the Exeter Falcons. When Exeter won the League Championship in 1974 he became the first rider to win three league medals with different clubs. He retired from riding in the British League at the end of 1974 and moved to Israel. While living there he rode for a Rest of the World team v. U.S.A. in March 1976. He then moved to California to ride for the LA Sprockets in the American League. He was injured in a track accident and retired from speedway in May 1976.

In the late 1970s he established an engineering machining business in Los Angeles. He later moved the business to Hemet, and in 1996 he sold it to the Stillen Company. He died in a traffic accident on 12 July 1997.

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