Tommy Pettersson
Born | (1952-12-29) 29 December 1952 (age 71) Norrköping, Sweden |
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Nationality | Swedish |
Career history | |
Sweden | |
1971–1979 | Vargarna |
1981–1988 | Smederna |
Great Britain | |
1977 | Bristol Bulldogs |
1977 | Leicester Lions |
Individual honours | |
1972 | Swedish U21 champion |
Tomas "Tommy" Pettersson (born 29 December 1952) is a Swedish former motorcycle speedway rider.
Born in Norrköping, Pettersson learnt to ride a speedway bike in England, at Olle Nygren's training school in Boston.[1] He made his competitive debut in 1971 for his home town team Vargarna, and won the Swedish Junior Championship the following year.[1]
He rode for Sweden in test matches against the Soviet Union in 1973 and England in 1974, and was due to tour England with Sweden in 1975 but a broken leg from a racing crash ruled him out.[1] In 1976 he signed for Birmingham Brummies but a dispute between Birmingham and Vargarna meant that he only appeared in three challenge matches for Birmingham.[2] He returned to Britain in 1977, first with Bristol Bulldogs[3] and then a longer spell with Leicester Lions.
References
- ^ a b c Oakes, Peter & Mauger, Ivan (1976) Who's Who of World Speedway, Studio Publications, ISBN 0-904584-04-6, p. 232
- ^ Jones, Alan (2010) Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar, Automedia, p. 157
- ^ "Bulldogs free Swede Tommy". Bristol Evening Post. 24 June 1977. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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