Dick Burleson

Richard Burleson, known as Dick Burleson and born in 1948, is an American former motorcycle enduro racer who is considered one of the top competitors in AMA history after winning a record eight consecutive Enduro National Championships. His domination of the national enduro series earned him the nickname King Richard, and he was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999 and named an AMA Legend in 2016. Born in Johnson City, Tennessee, he began his competitive career in motocross events in the late 1960s and joined the professional ranks in 1970 in the Trans-AMA motocross series, which featured visiting European riders. He finished fourth overall as the highest placed American, earning the title of motocross national champion before the AMA had a dedicated national series, and he also won eight consecutive gold medals for the United States in the International Six Days Trial.