Born | Norrköping, Sweden | 29 December 1952
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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.
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