Bengt Larsson (speedway rider)

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Bengt Larsson
Born25 December 1946 (1946-12-25)
Mariestad, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Career history
Sweden
1964–1978 Örnarna
Great Britain
1967–1971, 1973, 1976 Sheffield Tigers
Team honours
1973Northern Trophy
1969, 1976 Allsvenskan Div 2 Champion

Bengt Larsson (born 25 December 1946) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. He was capped 26 times by the Sweden national speedway team. [1]

Career

Larsson started racing in the British leagues during the 1967 British League season, [2] when riding for the Sheffield Tigers, and he made an immediate impact by topping the team's averages in his first season in Britain. [3] He would remain with Sheffield throughout his entire British career, [4] with his last season being the 1976 British League season. [5] [3]

In his native Sweden, he was also loyal to Örnarna in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship from 1964 until 1978. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022, Bengt Larsson" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Alan Jay rides at Lynn" . Lynn Advertiser. 7 April 1967. Retrieved 12 August 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. 1 2 "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Bengt Larsson". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Speedway" . Huddersfield and Holmfirth Examiner. 26 August 1976. Retrieved 12 August 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Swedish speedway history seasons". Speedway.org. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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