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to start his career. He promoted at Sydney Royale before losing the lease in 1938. He solved this problem by building the speedway track at the
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Frank Arthur died of a heart attack in Sydney on 11 September 1972.
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396:History of the Speedway Ashes
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345:"Dirt Tracks and Democracy"
170:Speedway World Championship
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209:Stamford Bridge Pensioners
150:Harold Frank Milton Arthur
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261:Biography of Frank Arthur
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152:(12 December 1908 in
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207:Arthur rode for the
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