Tom Phillis
Australian motorcycle racer (1934–1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thomas Edward Phillis (9 April 1934 – 6 June 1962) was an Australian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.[1][2] He won the 1961 125cc motorcycle road racing World Championship and was the first person to lap the Isle of Man TT mountain circuit at over 100 mph on a pushrod engined motorcycle. He was also the first person to win a World Championship motorcycle race on a Japanese machine.
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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1934-04-09)9 April 1934 Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 June 1962(1962-06-06) (aged 28) Isle of Man | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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