Sprouts Elder
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James Lloyd Elder, known as Sprouts Elder was an international motorcycle speedway rider. Elder is considered the father of American broadsliding.
Elder on the cover of The Graphic, November 30, 1929
Jack Milne (speedway rider)
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John Walter Milne was an international speedway rider. He became the first American to win a motorcycling world championship when he won the Speedway World Championship in 1937. Milne finished as runn
Sprouts Elder
…help organize American speedway. Speedway racing was among the popular forms of motorcycle racing in the country. Elder, along with Wilbur Lamoreaux, Jack and Cordy Milne, he helped found and promote speedway in America. Elder retired from racing after joining the California Highway Patrol and was responsible…
Milne, circa 1946