About Bruce Halford
Lived 1931 – 2001 (aged 70). Bruce Halford was a British formula One driver and engineer.
Bruce Henley Halford (18 May 1931 – 2 December 2001 ) was a British racing driver from England. He was born in Hampton-in-Arden (then in Warwickshire) and educated at Blundell's School.
Halford drove in Formula One from to , participating in nine World Championship Grands Prix and numerous non-Championship races.
Halford died in Churston Ferrers, Devon. Halford's obituary in The Daily Telegraph described him as "one of the last of the 1950s' select band of private-entrant owner-drivers from the heyday of the classical front-engined Grand Prix car."
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Who was Bruce Halford?
racecar driver
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Bruce Halford was born on 18 May 1931 in Hampton in Arden.
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Bruce Halford died on 2 December 2001 in Devon.
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Bruce Halford was a formula One driver and engineer.
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Bruce Halford was British.
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