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Arne Larsson
Arne Larsson in 1963.
Born
Arne Larsson

(1934-12-30)30 December 1934
Stockholm, Sweden
Died26 April 1994(1994-04-26) (aged 59)[1]
Association football career
Position(s) Centre-back / Full-back / Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1957 Mälarhöjdens IK
1957–1965 Hammarby IF 138 (3)
International career
1952 Sweden U21 1 (0)
1959–1961 Sweden B 2 (0)
1959–1960 Sweden 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Bandy career
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1949–1959 Mälarhöjdens IK
1959–1960 Hammarby IF

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

Arne Larsson (30 December 1934 – 26 April 1994) was a Swedish football and bandy player, known for representing Hammarby IF in both sports. He won three caps for the Sweden national team.

Athletic career

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Larsson getting tackled by Sven Dyberg in a game against Malmö FF in 1964.

Football

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Club career

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Larsson was born in Stockholm and started to play football with local club Mälarhöjdens IK in the Swedish lower divisions.[2]

In 1957, at age 23, Larsson joined Hammarby IF in Division 2. He won a promotion to Allsvenskan in his first season with the club.[3]

He was known as tall, elegant and reliable centre-back or full-back.[4][5] Larsson played six seasons for Hammarby in Allsvenskan, Sweden's top tier, and made a total of 138 league appearances for the club, before retiring in 1965.[6][7]

International career

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Between 1959 and 1960, Larsson won three caps for the Sweden national team; playing in two friendlies against Finland and one against Hungary.[2][1][8][9]

Bandy

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Larsson also played bandy for Hammarby IF for one season in 1959–60.[10]

Personal life

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Long after has his playing career had ended, in the beginning of the 1990s, Arne Larsson was the chairman of the football section of Hammarby.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Arne Larsson". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Landslagsdatabasen: Arne Larsson" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. ^ "1958" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. ^ "1962: Arne Larsson, Hammarby IF" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  5. ^ "1964" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Hammarby IF:s historia" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Larsson, Arne". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Sveriges landslagsmän 1908-2019" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 30 October 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ "National football team player Arne Larsson". EU Football Stats. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  10. ^ "1960" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  11. ^ "HIF:s fotboll har mist en profil" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Strandh åter" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 11 April 1992. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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