Ove Fundin - Happy Birthday.

[Jim Blanchard 19]

Congratulations to the Five Times World Champion who is 82 years young today.

[Fromafar 10,375]

Congratulations to the Five Times World Champion who is 82 years young today.

 

Congrats to Ove,I Share the same date(but not age)I also believe Billy Hamill shares the date.

[customhouseregular 1,651]

It only seems a short while since i was watching him win his 5th. World Title.

 

Happy birthday to the one whom many feel is the greatest of them all.

[OveFundinFan 4,143]

The Man

 

says it all really

 

I was there in 1967 as well CHR

Edited May 28, 2015 by OveFundinFan

[norbold 7,116]

Me too (and 1963 as well )

[customhouseregular 1,651]

My 1st. World Final was 1965 so I missed Ove's best years.

[OveFundinFan 4,143]

'67 was a brilliant win for him, think he missed '66 due to a Swedish ban, but in '67 where all and sundry were changing to Jawa, for the world final Ove had a JAP stuck in his frame, telling his tuner "just get me to the first corner first". It worked - they didnt call him the crafty fox for nothing.

And of course it was another Belle Vue world champion.

Edited May 29, 2015 by OveFundinFan

[norbold 7,116]

I was at college in Norwich and, although, of course, Ove was no longer riding for the Stars as the Firs had closed at the end of 1964, I persuaded some of my friends, who had never been to speedway, to come down to Wembley to cheer on Ove. Personally, I didn't hold out much hope he would win as it seemed his best years were behind him, but I reckoned without the old master showing just how great he was.

 

It was a very happy minibus we travelled back to Norwich in!