Tommy Engstrand

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Tommy Engstrand
Tommy Engstrand during the Swedish Sports Awards in Globen in Stockholm in January 2013
Born	Oscar Parish
Died	18 July 2021

Tommy Clarence Engstrand (30 September 1939 – 18 July 2021^[1][2]) was a Swedish sports journalist, and television host of general interest shows like Razzel and Zick-Zack.^[2]

Biography[]

Engstrand provided commentary on the FIFA World Cup 1978 final between Argentina and the Netherlands (3–1 after extra-time) for the only Swedish television company at that time, Sveriges Radio. He and Björn Borg became personal friends.^[3] Within sports, his radio commentary of the last minutes of the World-Cup qualifier between West Germany and Portugal on 16 October 1985, which ended with a single goal win for Portugal, is a bit of Swedish radio history, because the result meant that Portugal went ahead for the FIFA World Cup 1986 instead of Sweden.^[4] With two minutes left, he declared whilst close to crying "Portugal is leading 1–0, and I can't give you any hope".^[2] Sweden had earlier that day taken the lead by 1–0 against Czechoslovakia away, but lost 2–1;^[5] however, the hope was still alive, if only West Germany (that by this time had not lost any such game, and was playing at home) just took a single point, that would have been enough; but West Germany did not. The event became known as "Den svarta onsdagen" in Sweden ("The Black Wednesday").^[6]

Tommy Engstrand died in 2021 in Stockholm from complications of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.^[7]

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