About Syl Anderton
Lived 1907 – 1966 (aged 58–59). Syl Anderton was a British motorcycle racer.
Sylvanus Anderton, better known as Syl Anderton, (1907–1983 ) was a British motorcycle dealer and Grand Prix motorcycle racer.
Syl and his brother James Anderton founded Anderton Bros. Motor Cycles Ltd. in Bolton, Lancashire in 1935. Both brothers qualified as pilots before the war and Syl served as a pilot in the Air Transport Auxiliary during World War II and James in the RAF. The brothers resumed their family motorcycle business after the war. In 1949, he competed in his first Isle of Man TT event with brother James in the pits. He also competed in the Ulster Grand Prix from 1949 to 1951, riding Triumph and Norton motorcycles between 1949 and 1952. He was also known as a private pilot, owning an Auster Aiglet Trainer. He died in 1983 in Bolton, Lancashire, England.
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British motorcycle racer
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Syl Anderton was born in 1907.
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Syl Anderton died in 1966.
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Syl Anderton was a motorcycle racer.
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Syl Anderton was British.
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