Rusty Harrison

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Personal Information
Rusty Harrison

Nationality	Australia
Date of birth	October 11, 1981 (1981-10-11) (age 26)
Place of birth	Elizabeth, Adelaide, Australia
Current Club Information
Career Status	Retired
Career History
Glasgow Tigers Workington Comets Edinburgh Monarchs Belle Vue Aces Stoke Potters		2000 2001-2004, 2006 2005-2006 2005 2007
Individual Honours
Australian Under-21 Champion Australian Under-16 Champion	2001 1995, 1997
Team Honours
Premier League Fours Champion	2001, 2004, 2006

Russell Wade (Rusty) Harrison (born 11 October 1981 in Elizabeth, Adelaide, Australia)^[1] is a retired speedway rider who rode for the Stoke Potters in the British Premier League in 2007.

Harrison made his debut in British speedway in 2001 riding for Glasgow Tigers. In 2001 he joined Workington Comets where he stayed for three seasons, before moving to Edinburgh Monarchs in 2005.^[2] In 2005 he also rode as a Reserve for Belle Vue Aces in the Elite League at number seven.^[3] He moved back to Workington in 2006 after apparently refusing to take his last two rides for Glasgow during a meeting against Rye House Rockets on 7 July 2006,^[4] before riding for Stoke Potters in 2007.^[5]^[6]

In September 2007, Harrison decided to retire from speedway after being affected by the serious injuries suffered by team-mate Garry Stead. This followed a poor run of form when he had already decided to stop riding that season, saying, "I just haven't got going at all and I feel I have been letting too many people down" said the Australian. You are a danger to yourself and others when your head is not right and it's best that I stand down now before anything else happens."^[7]

In 2001 Harrison became Australian Under-21 Champion, ^[8] after twice winning the Australian Under-16 Championship in 1995 and 1997. In 2002 he was runner-up behind winnder Travis McGowan in the Australian Under-21 Championship.^[9]

[edit] References

^ Oakes, P (2006). Speedway Star Almanac. Speedway Star. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0.
^ Rider database: Rusty Harrison. Hull Vikings. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.
^ Kinvig, David. "BBC Manchester: Speedway, Belle Vue Aces: latest", BBC News, 2005-09-26. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.
^ Kinvig, David. "Monarchs are 'happier with disruptive Rusty gone'", The Scotsman, 2006-07-14. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.
^ Rusty Harrison statistics. Speedway Premier League. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.
^ "Potters snap up Harrison on loan", BBC Sport, 2006-12-04. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.
^ Kinvig, David. "BBC Stoke & Staffordshire Sport: Speedway", BBC News, 2007-09-24. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.
^ 2001 Australian Champions (PDF). Motorcycling Australia. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.
^ 2002 Australian Champions (PDF). Motorcycling Australia. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.

v • d • e Stoke Potters Squad 2007 (British Premier League)

Rusty Harrison (c) • Lee Complin • Glenn Cunningham • Claus Vissing • Ben Barker • Barrie Evans • Jamie Smith Also Rode: Garry Stead • Robbie Kessler • Jack Hargreaves • Paul Pickering Manager: John Adams

v • d • e Workington Comets Squad 2006 (British Premier League)

James Wright • Garry Stead • Ritchie Hawkins • Alan Mogridge • Rusty Harrison • Aidan Collins • Lee Derbyshire Also Rode: Paul Thorp Manager: Graham Drury