born_2b_mad Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 29 years ago today. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortcrust Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 RIP Tommy J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 Could have been the greatest...Photo here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 Could have been the greatest...Photo here <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I guess we were spoilt at Wimbledon to have had 2 of the greatest,not only in terms of ablitiy but character as well.Ronnie Moore and Briggo.Two of the riders who really gave their time to the fans.To mention that Tommy was following in their footsteps on both counts says it all for me about the guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 Don't forget Vic Huxley as well. Or was he just before your time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 He was Norbold.While i was out,i thought i should have mentioned Norman Parker as well.Another just before my time,maybe not as talented as the others,i don't know.By all accounts as great a person as the rest though and one of the main reasons the Dons were the best team in the world for a period Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbold Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 Norman Parker was the sort of rider parents ought to name their children after... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie B Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 RIP Tommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerblade Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 I would have loved to have seen Tommy in action, unfortunately it was just before "my time" so to speak. I believe Wimbledon had been riding at Sheffield that same night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 I remember waking up on my birthday all those years ago and reading the headline news in the Daily Mirror. One of speedway's darkest moments. RIP Tommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarabanko Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 (edited) Tommy Jansson sadly gone but missed alot over here in Eskilstuna. Its hard to think its 29 years ago that dreadful wednesday in heat 3 at Gubbängens Ip. I was going in the first degree then 29 years ago, and remember breifly the lost of the son of Eskilstuna, the vacuum that was around speedway in Eskilstuna and Speedway generally in Sweden. There is coming a book about Tommy in about two weeks time written by Magnus Nyström. There are memories there from his father Joel, Tommys girl Eva Lotta and more. I got alot of paper cuttings about Tommy Jansson, if someone is intrested I are more than happy to scan in them.... My Msn Messenger: tarabanko@hotmail.com My email: tarabanko@hotmail.com / Mikael Johnsson Edited May 21, 2005 by tarabanko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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