Max Grosskreutz
| Max Grosskreutz | ||
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nationality |  Australia | |
| Date of birth | 27 April 1906 | |
| Place of birth | Proserpine, Queensland | |
| Date of death | 20 September 1994 (aged 88) | |
| Current club information | ||
| Career status | Deceased | |
| Career history | ||
| Manchester White City Belle Vue Aces Norwich Stars Odsal Boomerangs |
1930 1931-1936 1938 1947-1948 | |
| Individual honours | ||
| Australian Champion NSW State Champion |
1929, 1936 1936, 1946 | |
| Team honours | ||
| National League Champion Northern League Champion National Trophy winner A.C.U. Cup winner Provincial Trophy winner |
1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 1931 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 1934, 1935, 1936 1938 | |
Max Octavius Grosskreutz (born 27 April 1906 in Proserpine, Queensland[1]- died 20 September 1994) was an Australian speedway rider who finished third in the Star Riders' Championship in 1935, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship which began a year later in 1936.
Grosskreutz won the Australian Championship at Davies Park Speedway in Brisbane in 1929 and again in 1936 at the famous Sydney Showground. He was also NSW State Champion in 1936 and 1946.
He moved to the Belle Vue Aces in 1931. He stayed with the aces until the end of the 1936 season when he retired to manage the Norwich Stars.[1] During this time he made forty-one Test Match appearances for Australia.[2]
In 1947 he made a comeback, riding for the Odsal Boomerangs and made three further Test Match appearances.[3]