| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Cuthbert Creasor[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1902-10-31)31 October 1902[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Middlesbrough,[2]Yorkshire, England | ||
| Date of death | 18 November 1975(1975-11-18) (aged 73)[3] | ||
| Place of death | Central Cleveland,[a] England | ||
| Position | Outside left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1921–1922 | Redcar | ||
| 1922–1923 | Middlesbrough | 0 | (0) |
| 1923–1924 | Darlington | 6 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Born | (1902-10-31)31 October 1902 Middlesbrough,Yorkshire, England |
|---|---|
| Died | 18 November 1975(1975-11-18) (aged 73) |
| Nationality | British |
| Current club information | |
| Career status | Retired |
| Career history | |
| 1929 | Halifax Speedway |
| 1929 | Newcastle |
Walter Cuthbert Creasor (31 October 1902 – 18 November 1975) was an Englishfootballer andspeedway rider.
He played as anoutside left inthe Football League forDarlington, and was on the books ofMiddlesbrough without representing them in the league.[2] After finishing his football career, he took up speedway. He rode alongside his brother Fred for theNewcastle team in the1929 English Dirt Track League.
Creasor was born inMiddlesbrough,Yorkshire,[2] the third child of John Thomas Creasor, a master butcher, and his wife Louisa.[4] He began his football career atNorthern League clubRedcar,[5] then joined the books of his hometown club,Middlesbrough F.C. the following season, and played for the reserve team in theNorth-Eastern League,[6] but not for theFootball League team.[2] He signed forThird Division North clubDarlington ahead of the 1923–24 season. Again, he played mostly for the club's reserve team, inbenefit matches[7][8] and in local cups,[9] but he did make six league appearances, scoring once.[2]
He went on to take up motorcycle sports. Representing the Middlesbrough & District Motor Club, he and his older brother, Fred, reached the final of a six-a-side motorcycle football cup competition, organised under the auspices of theAuto-Cycle Union; Middlesbrough lost to Coventry Ace M.C. atHeadingley, Leeds, in March 1927 after the first final, atCrystal Palace, London, was abandoned because of rain.[10]
Creasor rode in the firstspeedway meeting in the north-east of England, at the Cleveland Park track, Middlesbrough, in August 1928.[11] He rode in the 1929Scottish Open, being eliminated in his heat by eventual winner Drew McQueen.[12] He competed forNewcastle in the1929 English Dirt Track League, and topped his team's averages.[13] After Newcastle lost toHalifax in the semi-final of the English Dirt Track Knockout Cup, the winners borrowed Creasor for the final, a heavy defeat toPreston.[14] In September 1929, he rode forYorkshire againstLancashire atWembley.[15]
Creasor was a resident ofLinthorpe, Middlesbrough, at the time of his death in November 1975 at the age of 73.[3][a]