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[Lee Nicolle]

I know this is probably a bit 'wet' but a discussion here at lunchtime with fathers or mothers who have [usually] sons that have gone to entirely different sports. Or sometimes done more than one sport. 

I know of a few, Peter Ormbsby golf pro and serious motorsport competitor. His son is /was playing international golf. And his other son races Porsches.

Or speedway competitor Russel Carlin  whose son Sean was a champion [olympic] shot putter.

 I know there is quite a few motorsport competitors whose kids have excelled at other sports. And have sometimes dabbled in motorsport too.

Edited by Lee Nicolle, 15 October 2014 - 02:29.

[Ray Bell]

Rex Law, a leading competitor in racing in Queensland in the late forties and early fifties, was the grandfather of Stuart Law...

I think I spied Stuart's name somewhere in the sports pages at one time.

Bill Patterson was the son of first class tennis player Gerald Patterson.

[Tim Murray]

Former leading British single-seater and touring car racer Phil Dowsett is the father of racing cyclist Alex Dowsett (Commonwealth Games gold medal, Giro d'Italia stage win etc)

[GeoffR]

Simon Youl, tennis player & coach, son of the late John Youl, racing car driver and owner of Symmons Plains.

[Dick Dastardly]

My Dad...Arthur Senior.. was a works rally driver for Reliant in the 60s....My niece / Dad's granddaughter....Ruth Senior... used to race karts, T-Cars and F Ford, is now an athlete, mainly over in the States where she now lives and works. She represented GB at the World Junior Athletic Championships at Bejiing in 2006 in the 3000 metre steeplechase.

[Richard Jenkins]

Bernd Brutschin, former F2 driver is now a tennis coach as his daughter, Chantal Brutschin is a tennis professional.

 

Michael Roe's son plays/ed rugby for Naas.

[Ray Bell]

Didn't rally driver Pat Moss have a brother who was involved in equestrian events?

Or was it the other way round?

[ensign14]

The promising GT driver Jann Mardenborough is the son of former League footballer midfielder Steve.  Spent most of his career in the lower divisions, but had a brief spell in the top flight with Wolves - for whom he scored the winner at Anfield once.

[Lee Nicolle]

Ian Richards, Aust F2 champion from the 80s has a son who played international junior tennis for a couple of years. . Though since then he has been playing with f500 speedway cars.

[Ray Bell]

John Smith's kids are into something that takes them to the US to compete every year or so...

It was while he was over there spending time with them he had his horrific motorcycle accident in Tennessee. Though the competition is in Florida, as I recall.

Some-time lap dasher Carol Hopwood's husband, Peter, used to compete in Sydney-Hobart and other yachting races. And Peter's wife Carol was a crew member in yachting events.

[GMACKIE]

Warwick Rooklyn was a pretty handy F. Ford driver. He was also handy at the helm of a racing yacht, as per the family tradition.

[Jim Thurman]

In the U.S.

 

Sprint car racer Dick Sutcliffe's son, Rick, was a top flight baseball pitcher (Dodgers, Cubs, Indians) and is currently commentator for the international MLB Playoff telecasts.

 

One of Merle Bettenhausen's sons played college basketball at Southwest Missouri State.

 

I'm sure there are more, but being tired that's what I come up with off the top of my head.

[Ray Bell]

Originally posted by GMACKIE
Warwick Rooklyn was a pretty handy F. Ford driver. He was also handy at the helm of a racing yacht, as per the family tradition.

Well...

How about mentioning the member or members of the family who were into yachting? As is the theme of the thread.

[GMACKIE]

Well...

How about mentioning the member or members of the family who were into yachting? As is the theme of the thread.

Beg pardon, Ray... Jack Rooklyn [Warwick's dad] did fairly well in a few Sydney-to-Hobart races, aboard Apollo and Ballyhoo.

[Wirra]

John Smith's kids are into something ....

 

Wakeboarding - I believe one was a World Champion and another pretty close to that mark.

[cooper997]

Longtime Mini racer, Henry Draper is father of 3 time Olympic canoeist, Warwick Draper.

In the early 90's Henry was also racing Suzuki Swift GTIs with Mark Brame. They took an outright win in a Winton production car enduro. The first outright race win for Suzuki cars at the time IIRC.

Stephen

[Dick Dastardly]

Former 60s rally driver Roy Mapple [used to drive the Orangebox Mini, now driven by Steve Entwistle]....Roy's son is a world waterskiing champion I believe...

[D-Type]

Didn't rally driver Pat Moss have a brother who was involved in equestrian events?

Or was it the other way round?

Brother and sister both indulged in 'horsing' - Pat to a greater extent than Stirling.  And Mum, Aileen was both a horsewoman and a racing driver.

I don't know whether Stirling's son, Eliot, has competed to a significant level in any sports

[Mallory Dan]

Is Dick D really Ian S??

[Tim Murray]

Dick D is Philip S, but, who knows, they're probably related.

[Ray Bell]

Let's not forget that Scottish racer Jimmy Stewart, who ran in some non-title F1 events, had a brother named Jackie...

Jackie knew a bit about shooting, I understand.

[Ray Bell]

Damon Hill's father, Graham, was an accomplished rower...

He rowed with the London Rowing Club.

[D-Type]

Peter Gethin's father, Ken Gethin was a successful jockey

[Tim Murray]

I knew Ken Gethin had been a jockey and trainer, but I didn't realise quite how good he was until googling after reading Duncan's post. He rode the winners of many major races, including the 1952 1,000 Guineas and Indian Derby:

http://www.epsomande....uk/Gethin.html

[Vitesse2]

Damon Hill's father, Graham, was an accomplished rower...
 

So was his mother.

[Garsted]

Nigel Mansell's son Greg is now a professional cyclist apparently

 

Steve

[Michael Ferner]

I've been told Corrado Fabi's elder brother was a champion downhill skier.

[Collombin]

I've been told Corrado Fabi's elder brother was a champion downhill skier.

I've never heard of any skiers (champion or otherwise) called Fabi. For what that's worth.

[Michael Ferner]

Well, your avatar should be telling... I was just relating what I heard during an ESPN (?) broadcast on YouTube!

[Lee Nicolle]

Longtime Mini racer, Henry Draper is father of 3 time Olympic canoeist, Warwick Draper.

In the early 90's Henry was also racing Suzuki Swift GTIs with Mark Brame. They took an outright win in a Winton production car enduro. The first outright race win for Suzuki cars at the time IIRC.

Stephen

Henry raced a Studebaker too!

[Lee Nicolle]

Damon Hill's father, Graham, was an accomplished rower...

He rowed with the London Rowing Club.

Damon is a decent motorcycle racer too. how he started his motorsport career.

[cooper997]

Henry raced a Studebaker too!

Indeed he did, but not really what he's best known for. As far as I'm aware he's still sharing one of the ex Stillwell (BMW) MINIs with Linda Devlin. Daughter of another Mini racer, Barry (who worked for Henry at Northern Mini Parts, when he still owned the business). HD's one of the good guys.

 

Stephen

[Ray Bell]

Originally posted by Lee Nicolle
Damon is a decent motorcycle racer too. how he started his motorsport career.

Therefore, to fit into the thread, you need to write:

World Champion Graham Hill fathered Damon, a well-known motorcycle racer.

[Tuboscocca]

Isn't Riccardo Patrese's daughter Beatrice successful in 'horse-jumping'?

 

http://www.horseshow...g.tv/node/10065

 

Michael

Edited by Tuboscocca, 17 October 2014 - 11:03.

[GMACKIE]

Therefore, to fit into the thread, you need to write:

World Champion Graham Hill fathered Damon, a well-known motorcycle racer.

How many times does Lee need to write that, Sir?......100?

[LotusElise]

 

Isn't Riccardo Patrese's daughter Beatrice successful in 'horse-jumping'?

 

http://www.horseshow...g.tv/node/10065

 

Michael

 

 

Equestrianism and motorsport co-exist in quite a few families. The extended Moss-Carlsson clan has done both, over three generations. Richard Burns's sister Joanne did/does showjumping. Liz Halliday does both. Peter Gethin's dad is also mentioned above.

[Ross Stonefeld]

I imagine there's a lot of demographic overlap.

[Lee Nicolle]

John Bruggerman who raced the Repco Ricardian in the late 50s here in SA had a son Richard who was quite a good eqestrian, this in the early 70s when I knew him.. 

I think there was a family history of eventing.