- 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 VikingsIndiana 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 1896 –21 October 1952 ) was a Swedish football inside forward born inGothenburg . 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. Heemigrated toUSA in 1922 where he played in for the New York Vikings in the New York State League. In 1924, he signed withIndiana Flooring in theAmerican 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 toCharles 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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