Max Grosskreutz

Max Octavius Grosskreutz (27 April 1906 in Proserpine, Queensland^[1] – 20 September 1994) was an Australian speedway rider.^[2][3]

Max Grosskreutz

Born	(1906-04-27)27 April 1906 Proserpine, Queensland
Died	20 September 1994(1994-09-20) (aged 88)
Nationality	Australian
Career history
1929	Lea Bridge
1930	Manchester White City
1931–1936	Belle Vue Aces
1938	Norwich Stars
1947–1948	Odsal Boomerangs
Individual honours
1929, 1936	Australian Champion
1936, 1946	NSW State Champion
Team honours
1933, 1934, 1935, 1936	National League Champion
1931	Northern League Champion
1933, 1934, 1935, 1936	National Trophy winner
1934, 1935, 1936	A.C.U. Cup winner
1938	Provincial Trophy winner

Speedway career

Grosskreutz finished third in the Star Riders' Championship in 1935, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship which began a year later in 1936.

He won the Australian Championship at Davies Park Speedway in Brisbane in 1929 and again in 1936 at the famous Sydney Showground.^[4] 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.^[5] He did however ride for Norwich during the 1938 Speedway National League Division Two and topped the league averages.^[6]

1937 cigarette card

In 1947, he made a comeback, riding for the Odsal Boomerangs and made three further Test Match appearances.^[7]

Players cigarette cards

Grosskreutz is listed as number 17 of 50 in the 1930s Player's cigarette card collection.^[8]