William Garth Ginger Molloy was a New Zealand Grand Prix motorcycle racer, born on 25 December 1937. He grew up in Huntly, played rugby league for Huntly United alongside the future motorcycle champion Hugh Anderson, represented New Zealand schoolboys and travelled to Europe in 1963. He competed in the Grand Prix world championship from 1965 to 1970. Riding a Bultaco he won his only world championship race, in the 250cc class at the 1966 Ulster Grand Prix. His best season was 1970, when he rode a Kawasaki H1R to second place behind Giacomo Agostini in the 500cc world championship, one of a run of second places in the premier class by New Zealand riders that also included Keith Turner in 1971 and Kim Newcombe in 1973. The page records that he died on 16 September 2026 at the age of 88.
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He competed from 1965 to 1970 in the Grand Prix world championship.
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