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Ivan Mauger

Ivan Mauger, New Zealand speedway rider (died 2018)

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Born
October 4, 1939
Died
April 16, 2018
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1939

About Ivan Mauger

Ivan Gerald Mauger was a New Zealand motorcycle speedway rider. He won a record six World Championships (Finals), a feat equalled only with the inclusion of the Speedway GP Championships by Bartosz Zmarzlik of Poland and Tony Rickardsson of Sweden. In 2010, Mauger was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycling achievements. He averaged 10.42 that season and won the Provincial League Riders' Championship, held at Hyde Road on 28 September 1963. He then won the Riders' Championship for the second successive year in 1964 and topped the league averages with an impressive 11.54 average and helping Newcastle win the league title. In 1966, he qualified for his first world final where he finished fourth, and won the first of his six record breaking World Championships in 1968.

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Ivan Mauger timeline

  1. He averaged 10.42 that season and won the Provincial League Riders' Championship, held at Hyde Road on 28 September 1963.
  2. He then won the Riders' Championship for the second successive year in 1964 and topped the league averages with an impressive 11.54 average and helping Newcastle win the league title.
  3. In 1966, he qualified for his first world final where he finished fourth, and won the first of his six record breaking World Championships in 1968.
  4. In 2010, Mauger was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycling achievements.

The world when Ivan Mauger was born

Ivan Mauger was born in 1939. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1939

  • #1 song"Over the Rainbow" – Judy Garland
  • Top movieGone with the Wind
  • Best-selling bookThe Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentLou Gehrig delivers his "Luckiest Man" farewell speech
  • Top headlineGermany invades Poland — World War II begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst regular television broadcasts in the US (NBC)
  • Defining fadThe Wizard of Oz mania
  • Notable inventionNylon stockings
  • World population2.30 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population130.9M

1939 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ivan Mauger's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19392026
Gas$0.19$3.45/gal
Average home$5,200$435,000
Average income$2,900$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population130.9M341 million

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