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Dave Mullett

English speedway rider

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ107615396
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David John Mullett (born 27 June 1965) is a former international speedway rider from England. He earned three international caps for the England national speedway team.

Speedway career

Mullett reached the final of the British Speedway Championship on five occasions in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway from 1981 to 2002, riding for Canterbury Crusaders and Reading Racers.

It was with Reading that Mullett made his name and became a club legend. He rode for the team 18 consecutive years from 1985 to 2002. He won the British League title twice with Reading in 1990 and 1992, the Knockout Cup in 1990 and the fours championship in 1993. He also won the Premier League title in 1997 and the Knockout Cup in 1998.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Dave Mullett” as english speedway rider. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1965, 1991, 1992, 1993—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1965-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Dave, Mullett and English can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from Dave Mullett” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.