Pete Reading

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Pete Reading
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Born (1948-04-10) 10 April 1948 (age 78)
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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