Charlie Collier
Charles R. Collier (1885 – 1954) Plumstead, London a British motorcycle racer famous for winning the Isle of Man TT races 2 times in his career. Along with his brother Henry H. Collier he raced Matchless motor-cycles manufactured by his father's company H.Collier & Sons. After racing in continental Europe in the 1906 International Cup Races, Charlie Collier became the winner of the first Isle of Man TT Race in 1907. After setting a number of world motor-cycle records on Matchless motor-cycles, Charlie Collier won another Isle of Man TT Race in 1910 and later became the first competitor to be disqualified from an Isle of Man TT Race for illegal refuelling. Later, Charlie Collier became a joint managing director of AJS and Matchless motor-cycles and died in 1954.
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