Bill Nilsson

Bill Nilsson
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1932-12-17)17 December 1932 Hallstavik, Sweden
Died	25 August 2013(2013-08-25) (aged 80)
Motocross career
Years active	1950s - 1960s
Teams	AJS, Husqvarna
Championships	500cc - 1957, 1960
Wins	18

Bill Nilsson (17 December 1932 – 25 August 2013) was a Swedish motocross racer.^[1] He won the first ever F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Championship in 1957 riding an AJS motorcycle. In 1955, 1958 and 1961, he was a member of the Swedish teams that won the Motocross des Nations. He repeated as world champion in 1960 riding a Husqvarna.^[2] Nilsson was also a two-time winner of the Novemberkåsan enduro event.

References

↑ "GODSPEED! BILL NILSSON (1932-2013) | News | Motocross Action Magazine". Motocrossactionmag.com. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
↑ Bill Nilsson career profile

MX1 world champions¹

1957 - B. Nilsson
1958 - R. Baeten
1959 - S. Lundin

1960 - B. Nilsson
1961 - S. Lundin
1962 – R. Tibblin
1963 – R. Tibblin
1964 – J. Smith
1965 – J. Smith
1966 – P. Friedrichs
1967 – P. Friedrichs
1968 – P. Friedrichs
1969 – B. Aberg

1970 – B. Aberg
1971 – R. De Coster
1972 – R. De Coster
1973 – R. De Coster
1974 – H. Mikkola
1975 – R. De Coster
1976 – R. De Coster
1977 – H. Mikkola
1978 – H. Mikkola
1979 – G. Noyce

1980 – A. Malherbe
1981 – A. Malherbe
1982 – B. Lackey
1983 – H. Carlqvist
1984 – A. Malherbe
1985 – D. Thorpe
1986 – D. Thorpe
1987 – G. Jobé
1988 – E. Geboers
1989 – D. Thorpe

1990 – E. Geboers
1991 – G. Jobé
1992 – G. Jobé
1993 – J. Martens
1994 – M. Hansson
1995 – J. Smets
1996 – S. King
1997 – J. Smets
1998 – J. Smets
1999 – A. Bartolini

2000 – J. Smets
2001 – S. Everts
2002 – S. Everts
2003 – S. Everts
2004 – S. Everts
2005 – S. Everts
2006 – S. Everts
2007 – S. Ramon
2008 – D. Philippaerts
2009 – A. Cairoli

2010 – A. Cairoli
2011 – A. Cairoli
2012 – A. Cairoli
2013 – A. Cairoli
2014 – A. Cairoli

¹From 1957 to 2002 the MX-1 world championship was named the 500cc motocross world championship.