Dan Forsberg Explained

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]

Speedway career

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]

World final appearances

Individual World Championship

Family

His grandson Billy Forsberg rode for Belle Vue Aces from 2007 to 2009.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: INTERNATIONALS - UNITED KINGDOM. International Speedway. 5 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022 . British Speedway . 7 September 2024.
  3. Web site: WORLD INDIVIDUAL FINAL - RIDER INDEX. British Speedway. 5 July 2021.
  4. Web site: World Speedway finals. Speedway Researcher. 5 July 2021.
  5. Web site: History Archive. British Speedway. 5 July 2021.
  6. News: Brummies' signings approved by board . Evening Despatch . 12 February 1952 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription . 7 September 2024.
  7. Web site: Family ties for Forsberg at Anniversary meeting. Manchester Evening News. 18 April 2010 . 5 July 2021.