Bolesław Proch

Bolesław Proch

Born	(1952-02-04)4 February 1952 Świebodzin, Poland
Died	22 December 2012(2012-12-22) (aged 60)
Nationality	Polish
Career history
Poland
1973–1975	Falubaz Zielona Góra
1977–1980	Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski
1981–1987	Polonia Bydgoszcz
Great Britain
1976–1977	Reading Racers
1977	Leicester Lions
Individual honours
1975	Polish Junior Champion
1981	Poland Golden Helmet
1975	Poland Silver Helmet
Team honours
1977, 1978	Polish League Champion

Bolesław Proch (4 February 1952 – 22 December 2012^[1]) was a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 15 international caps for the Poland national speedway team.^[2]

Born in Świebodzin, Proch first rode for Falubaz in his home town of Zielona Góra in 1973, winning the Polish Junior Championship the following year and finishing fourth in the Silver Helmet tournament.^[3] In 1976 he rode in the British League for Reading Racers,^[4] averaging over five points per match. In 1977, in mid-season, Reading were ordered to weaken their team as it was found to be exceeding the points limit set by the BSPA which resulted in Proch moving to Leicester Lions^[5] in a deal that saw Doug Underwood moving to Reading.^[6]

He returned to Poland where he rode for Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski (1977–1980) and Polonia Bydgoszcz (1981–1987).

• 1976 – London, White City Stadium (with Edward Jancarz / Zenon Plech / Marek Cieślak / Jerzy Rembas) – 2nd – 28pts (1)
• 1984 – Leszno (with Roman Jankowski / Zenon Kasprzak / Leonard Raba / Zenon Plech) – 4th – 8pt (0)

• 1978 – Chorzów, Silesian Stadium (with Edward Jancarz) – 5th – 15pts (2)

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