Herbert Carlsson

Herbert Carlsson

Infobox Football biography
playername= Herbert Carlsson
fullname = Murren Karlsson


dateofbirth = birth date|1896|08|09
cityofbirth = Goteborg
countryofbirth = Sweden
dateofdeath = death date and age|1952|10|12|1896|08|09
cityofdeath = Goteborg
countryofdeath = Sweden
height =
position = Inside Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years =
1917-1922
1922-1924
1924-1927
1927-1930
1930-1931
clubs = Annedals FF
IK Niord
IK Vega
IFK Göteborg
New York Vikings
Indiana Flooring
New York Nationals
New York Giants
caps(goals) =
160 (?)
110 (56)
109 (31)
049 (27)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Sweden
nationalcaps(goals) = 020 (19)

Herbert Carlsson, also known as Murren Karlsson, (8 September 189621 October 1952) was a Swedish football inside forward born in Gothenburg. He played professionally in both Sweden and the United States. He also earned twenty caps, scoring nineteen goals, with the Swedish national team.

Club career

After starting his carrier playing for three local clubs, he joined IFK Göteborg in 1917 and won a Swedish Championship with the club the year after. He became the club's first big star. He emigrated to USA in 1922 where he played in for the New York Vikings in the New York State League. In 1924, he signed with Indiana Flooring in the American Soccer League. In 1927, he joined the Vikings on a tour of Scandinavia. When he returned to the United States, he found that his team had been sold to Charles Stoneham and renamed the New York Nationals. In 1930, Stoneham renamed the team the New York Giants. Carlsson left the Giants and the ASL following the 1931 fall season. He returned to Sweden in 1936 where he stayed until he died in 1952.

National team

Carlsson earned twenty caps, scoring nineteen goals, for Sweden. In 1924, he played for the Swedish soccer team at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He led the team in scoring with nine goals. [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=293214/index.html FIFA Player Profile] ]

References

External link

* [http://www.sok.se/aktiva/historisktaktiva/herbertmurrencarlsson.5.aad0b10833d63e5c800054459.html Profile at Swedish Olympic Comitee]


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