Arne Larsson (footballer, born 1934)

Arne Larsson
Arne Larsson in 1963.
Born	Arne Larsson (1934-12-30)30 December 1934 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	26 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

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

Football

Club career

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

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

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

Personal life

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

1. "Arne Larsson". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
2. "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.

External links

• Arne Larsson at National-Football-Teams.com
• Arne Larsson at EU-Football.info