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481:"No wonder Eric is West Ham hero"
247:"ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022"
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363:"Rider averages 1929 to 2009"
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233:References
171:Worsbrough
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165:Biography
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220:Gus Kuhn
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