article_title name nationality
rod coleman -lrb- motorcycle racer -rrb-
 rod coleman new zealand new zealand
rod coleman -lrb- motorcycle racer -rrb-

rod w coleman -lrb- born 19 june 1926 -rrb- was a grand prix motorcycle road racer from new zealand who raced for amc -lrb- associated motorcycles -rrb- riding ajs motorcycles both at the isle of man tt , and in the grand prix world championship in europe , between 1951 and 1956 .
he was the first official entrant from the new zealand auto-cycle union in the 1949 isle of man tt , but crashed in practice. , and in 1954 became the first new zealander to win a tt .
