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He is one of Sweden’s top athletes ever.
Today we pay tribute to the great Björn Borg on his 68th birthday.
Now the tennis icon reveals his favorite team and then does the forbidden.
We are certainly not exaggerating when we say that Björn Borg is one of Swedish sports’ greatest heroes of all time. He has left such an incredibly big mark in tennis and put Sweden on the international map with his incredible career.
Borg’s success
Borg is still ranked today as one of the sport’s very best players in history, and the Swede won a whopping 63 singles titles during his active years. What stands out above all are of course the legend’s five straight Wimbledon titles and four straight overall victories in the French Open.
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Björn was not only very good at tennis, but also incredibly popular for his wonderful personality. He won everyone’s hearts and became an idol throughout our long country.
Björn’s favorite team
A clear proof of his greatness and popularity is that Björn Borg was named “Swedish sportsman of the century” by the Swedish Sports Academy in 2000, ahead of greats like Ingemar Stenmark and Jan-Ove Waldner. But here’s something you probably didn’t know about the Swedish tennis icon, namely his big favorite team in life.
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But then Borg does the forbidden and chooses four (!) different teams as his favorite teams.
– Charlton Athletic, Södertälje SK, Hammarby Bandy and New Jersey Devils, he has admitted.
“Am a big fan”
The interest in Charlton comes from his father.
– I think I was seven or eight years old when I saw Charlton play for the first time. Dad could talk about Charlton all day. He had flags and everything, Borg said in an interview with the English club.
– It doesn’t matter if they win or lose. I will always be a huge Charlton fan. I follow them all over the world, wherever I am.
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Even the interest in bandy comes from childhood and that’s where Hammarby’s team is.
– Yes, I love bandy. I have been to Zinken many times, Borg has admitted.
– I actually played a little bandy when I was young.
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