Dan Forsberg | |
Nationality: | Swedish |
Birth Date: | 1934 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Vaggeryd, Sweden |
Career1: | Sweden |
Career2: | Vargarna |
Years2: | 1950-1954, 1958-1959 |
Career3: | Filbyterna |
Years3: | 1955-1956 |
Career4: | Dackarna |
Years4: | 1957 |
Career5: | Great Britain |
Career6: | Birmingham Brummies |
Years6: | 1952-1953, 1957 |
Indivyear1: | 1952, 1957 |
Indivhonour1: | Speedway World Championship finalist |
Indivyear2: | 1953, 1956 |
Indivhonour2: | Nordic Champion |
Teamyear1: | 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957 |
Teamhonour1: | Allsvenskan Champion |
Dan O. Forsberg (born 25 March 1934) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden.[1] He earned 17 caps for the Sweden national speedway team.[2]
Forsberg was a leading speedway rider in the late 1950s. He reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on two occasions, [3] in the 1952 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1957 Individual Speedway World Championship.[4]
He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for Birmingham Brummies,[5] where he rode from 1952 to 1953 and again in 1957.[6]
His grandson Billy Forsberg rode for Belle Vue Aces from 2007 to 2009.[7]