Tommy Engstrand
Tommy Clarence Engstrand (30 September 1939 – 18 July 2021) was a Swedish sports journalist, sports commentator, and television host of general interest shows like Razzel and Zick-Zack. Early life Engstrand was born on 30 September 1939 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Viktor Engstrand, a sheet metal worker, and his wife Svea (née Jacobsson). He grew up on Tomtebogatan in Vasastan in Stockholm together with future journalists Lars-Gunnar Björklund and . Engstrand passed realexamen in 1955. Career Engstrand began his sports career at Idrottsbladet from 1960 to 1966. He then worked for Se from 1966 to 1969 and Aftonbladet in 1969. He was employed by Sveriges Radio, Sveriges Television, and between 1969 and 1987 where he became one of "Hyland's boys", together with Lars-Gunnar Björklund, Fredrik Belfrage, and Ingvar Oldsberg, who were young sports journalists educated by Lennart Hyland. Engstrand was head of Sveriges Riksradio's sports editorial from 1979 to 1987 and worked as a freelancer, among other things, with assignments for Sweden's Radio from 1987. 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