Biography
Cook was born in Southwold in 1954. He took up speedway while working as a plant fitter, initially at Mildenhall, before joining Ipswich Witches in the mid-1970s. He was loaned out to National League team Scunthorpe Stags in 1975, averaging 5.91 in his first season. After a further season at Scunthorpe he moved on to the Boston Barracudas in 1977. A much improved season saw his average rise and he also won the National League Best Pairs Championship with Robert Hollingworth. In 1978 he was recalled by Ipswich and was part of the cup-winning team that year. Cook transferred to Leicester Lions early in the 1979 season for GB£2,500. In 1982 he rose to the position of third heat-leader for the Lions, but his time at Leicester was hampered by injuries. After the Lions closed down in 1983, Cook moved back to Boston in 1984, before spending the last eight years of his career with the Exeter Falcons, retiring at the end of the 1992 season.
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