Background
Creasor was born in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, the third child of John Thomas Creasor, a master butcher, and his wife Louisa.
Creasor was born in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, the third child of John Thomas Creasor, a master butcher, and his wife Louisa.
He played as an outside left in the Football League for Darlington, and was on the books of Middlesbrough without representing them in the league. After finishing his football career, he took up speedway. He began his football career on the books of his hometown club, Middlesbrough F.C., and played for the reserve team in the North-Eastern League, but not for the Football League team
He signed for Third Division North club Darlington ahead of the 1923-1924 season.
Again, he played mostly for the club"s reserve team, in benefit matches and in local cups, but he did make six league appearances, scoring once. He went on to take up motorcycle sports.
Creasor rode in the first speedway meeting in the north-east of England, at the Cleveland Park track, Middlesbrough, in August 1928. He competed for Newcastle in the 1929 English Dirt Track League, and topped his team"s averages.
After Newcastle lost to Halifax in the semi-final of the English Dirt Track Knockout Cup, the winners borrowed Creasor for the final, a heavy defeat to Preston.
In September 1929, he rode for Yorkshire against Lancashire at Wembley. Creasor died in 1975.