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Leif “Loket” Olsson has passed away, 82 years old.
Now he is mourned by the Gothenburg profile Glenn Hysén.
– It’s a sadness, you are sad, of course, he tells the Sports Bible.
On Friday, Sweden was reached by the sad news that the “Bingolotto” host, former handball judge, Leif “Loket” Olsson gone out of time. He had moved to a retirement home just over a month ago. The Gothenburg citizen fell asleep already on Thursday and turned 82 years old.
Leif “Loket” Olsson hung with Hysén
Another Ur-Gothenburg citizen who had a lot of contact with “Loket”, especially during his active career as a acclaimed football player, is Glenn Hysén65.
-The entire 80s, and parts of the 90s, when we played with “Blåvitt” out in Europe he was with Jämt. What you remember from him was a big smile only. He laughed evenly, Glenn tells the Sports Bible.
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It turns out that the duo had a somewhat unexpected relationship, when “locomotive” had an unsupported role within IFK Gothenburg, where Glenn Hysén then played.
– In 1982 he was a representative of “Blåvitt”, for the Board had resigned then. Then he was set as a representative of “Blåvitt” from the board. But he wasn’t, he was on the local radio. He was on every fucking trip, so he was in the turn. He was one of us as well. He was all the time us with a small microphone in the bus, in the dressing room and everything. He was almost one of the old men, Hysén explains.
Glenn Hysén’s thoughts on “Loket”
He himself was very depressed when he read about Leif “Loket” Olsson’s passing.
– It’s a sadness, you are of course sad, he says and continues:
– It’s sad when such old men, it’s sad when everyone disappears, but especially when happy, good ‘, positive people do. It gets worse then.
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How did you experience him as a person?
– Just positive, happy person. I’ve never seen him angry. In recent years I have not met him so often, but I heard that he was hanging out a lot at a gaming store up in Lunden, where we lived before. I have run on him there a few years ago. But the great memory you have of him is only joy. He was a funny bastard, positive, wonderful man.
What did he mean for his hometown Gothenburg?
– It is not possible to describe. It is just as much, but above all, it is local bingo here in Gothenburg, where it all started with “Bingolotto”, he was the driving force. Whoever you talk to who is a little older … The first thing you think of when you hear “Bingolotto” is Leif “Loket” Olsson. Perhaps Lasse Kronér A little too. He has made a name for himself.
So sad that “Bingolotto’s” father is gone. Rest in peace, Leif “Loket” Olsson!
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