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Murray Walker

Of the recent obituaries in the national press of Murray Walker, who has passed away aged 97, many make scant reference to his motorcycling career, while one called it ‘underwhelming.’

Well, to most people, winning a Gold Medal in an ISDT, and a first class award in the Scottish Six Days, as Walker did in 1949 (as well as the being part of the winning club team) is anything but underwhelming – but then Walker did so much more, too.

Born Graeme Murray Walker in Birmingham in October 1923, Murray was

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