Lionel Van Praag
Mar 30, 2022
3 minutes
WORDS DARRYL FLACK
A BOLD TALISMAN stands as one of the most significant figures in Australian motorcycling. Born of Jewish and Indian ancestry in Redfern, Sydney in 1908, Lionel Van Praag grew up to be handsome, intrepid and a magnet for misadventure.
Bright and athletic at school, Lionel was apprenticed as a typewriter mechanic. Within months of the opening of the Speedway Royal at the Sydney Showgrounds in July 1926, Van Praag began his Speedway career. He had an outstanding 1926-27 season in Brisbane in addition to success
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