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Barry Steven Frank Sheene MBE (11 September 1950 – 10 March 2003) was a British professional motorcycle racer and television sports presenter. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing between 1971 and 1984, most prominently as a member of the Suzuki factory racing team where he won two consecutive 500cc World Championships in 1976 and 1977. [1]
British motorcycling legend Barry Sheene has died from cancer. The twice-world motorcycling champion, famous for defying death on the track, passed away after suffering the disease for eight...
May 15, 2017 · Barry Sheene was one of the biggest sports stars of the Seventies, a household name who won two 500cc world motorcycle titles and crashed his way onto the evening news. Flamboyant,...
Aug 30, 2013 · Ten years after his death, those who knew former world champion Barry Sheene share their memories of the motorcycling legend
Mar 10, 2003 · Former World Motorcycling Champion Barry Sheene died on Monday, according to the Australian television station he worked for. Network Ten announced in its nightly bulletin that Sheene passed...
Sep 11, 2020 · Tributes to the late Barry Sheene have been paid on what would have been his 70th birthday. Thanks to Mortons Archive, we delve into Sheene’s biggest career defining moments with rare and previously unseen photographs of the two-time world champion.
Mar 4, 2003 · Barry Sheene’s death has touched the world beyond motorcycling, because he was not just a motorcyclist. He was an icon, a legend; the grinning Cockney who came good against all the...
Mar 7, 2019 · In July 1977, Barry Sheene put the two together and established a record that has never been beaten and will never be beaten. On his way to his second consecutive 500cc world championship, the Londoner won the Belgian Grand Prix at 135.067mph, the fastest ever such motorcycle race.
Aug 21, 2019 · 21 Aug 2019. In 1979 Silverstone hosted a breathtaking battle between two 500cc greats - Barry Sheene and Kenny Roberts. The 2019 GoPro British Grand Prix begins this weekend as the paddock, fans...
Mar 10, 2003 · Barry Sheene, Britain's former world motorbike champion, has died after a long battle against cancer. The 52-year-old twice won the 500cc world motorcycle championship in the 1970s and became ...
