Pete Reading
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| Born | 10 April 1948 Retford, Nottinghamshire, England |
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| Nationality | British (English) |
| Career history | |
| 1968–1980 | Middlesbrough Teessiders/Bears Teesside Teessiders/Tigers |
Peter John Reading (born 10 April 1948) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England.[1]
Biography
[edit]Reading, born in Retford, Nottinghamshire, was a member of the Leicester Cubs in early 1968[2] before he began his British leagues career riding for Middlesbrough Teessiders during the 1968 British League Division Two season season.[3][4]
Reading became a Middlesbrough club legend[5] because he spent 12 consecutive seasons with the club,[6] earning a testimonial in 1977.[7]
Reading steadily improved his average from 1968 through to 7.73 during the 1974 British League Division Two season, when the team were known as the Teesside Tigers.[8]
His last season was the 1980 National League season.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "Lions' find Stadium track a fast one". Leicester Chronicle. 5 April 1968. Retrieved 5 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "1968 season" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "Crowds watch Grass Track Racing". Retford, Gainsborough & Worksop Times. 16 August 1968. Retrieved 5 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Middlesbrough Speedway". Defunct Speedway. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "Pete Reading - once gain he was in fine form last night". Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. 28 July 1972. Retrieved 5 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Manpower's big boost". Reading Evening Post. 7 September 1977. Retrieved 5 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "Pete Reading". WWOS backup. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
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