Stig Arne Tommy "Baloo" Berggren (20 April 1950 – 3 December 2012) was a Swedish footballer. Berggren played 13 seasons (291 games), and scored 55 goals for
Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm.
Name
The club is named ...
. In
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
, Berggren was the top scorer in
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
, with a total of 19 goals. Berggren played first as a
left-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
but was later converted to
forward
Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward.
Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
position.
Tommy Berggren har avlidit
, Djurgårdens IF.
Career statistics
Honours
Djurgårdens IF
* Division 2 Norra
Division 2 Norra (literally, "Division 2 Northern") was a league of the second level, Swedish football Division 2, Division 2, in the Swedish football league system, league system of Football in Sweden, Swedish football. It comprised between ten an ...
: 1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
Individual
* Allsvenskan sop scorer: 1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
References
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1950 births
2012 deaths
Swedish men's footballers
Footballers from Stockholm
Men's association football fullbacks
Men's association football forwards
Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players
Allsvenskan players