Charlie Collier

Charlie Collier
Charlie Collier
	Collier at the start of the 1913 ISDT motorcycle trial event
Nationality	English
Born	1883
Died	1954 (aged 70–71)
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Isle of Man TT career
TTs contested	8 (1907–1914)
TT wins	2
First TT win	1907 Single Cylinder TT
Last TT win	1910 500 Single and 750 Twin TT
TT podiums	3

Charles Richard Collier (1885–1954)^[1] of Plumstead, London, was a British motorcycle racer famous for winning Isle of Man TT races twice in his career. After competing in the 1906 International Cup Races on the European continent, Charlie Collier became the first Isle of Man TT race winner in 1907.

Along with his brother Harry^[2] he raced Matchless motorcycles manufactured by his father's company, H.Collier & Sons.

After setting a number of world motorcycle records on Matchless machines, Charlie Collier won another Isle of Man TT race in 1910 and later became the first competitor to be disqualified from a race for illegal refuelling. Charlie Collier later became a joint managing director of AJS and Matchless motorcycles and died in 1954.^[3]

^ England and Wales Births, Deaths, marriages Retrieved 2014-02-26
^ Carrick, Peter Motor Cycle Racing Hamlyn Publishing, 1969, p.17, p.21 ISBN 0 600 02506 3 Accessed 2014-02-26
^ TT Special 1953 edited by G.S.Davison page 22

[1] England and Wales Births, Deaths, marriages Retrieved 2014-02-26

[Carrick-2] Carrick, Peter Motor Cycle Racing Hamlyn Publishing, 1969, p.17, p.21 ISBN 0 600 02506 3 Accessed 2014-02-26

[3] TT Special 1953 edited by G.S.Davison page 22

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