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Pete Reading

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Pete Reading
Born (1948-04-10) April 10, 1948 (age 76)
Retford, Nottinghamshire, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1968–1980Middlesbrough Teessiders/Bears
Teesside Teessiders/Tigers

Peter John Reading (born 10 April 1948) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England.[1]

Biography

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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

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  1. ^ "Ultimate Rider Index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Lions' find Stadium track a fast one". Leicester Chronicle. 5 April 1968. Retrieved 5 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "1968 season" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Crowds watch Grass Track Racing". Retford, Gainsborough & Worksop Times. 16 August 1968. Retrieved 5 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Middlesbrough Speedway". Defunct Speedway. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Manpower's big boost". Reading Evening Post. 7 September 1977. Retrieved 5 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Pete Reading". WWOS backup. Retrieved 5 October 2024.