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| Born | April 10, 1948 Retford, Nottinghamshire, England |
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| Nationality | British (English) |
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| 1968–1980 | Middlesbrough Teessiders/Bears Teesside Teessiders/Tigers |
Peter John Reading (born 10 April 1948) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. [1]
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]
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