Valfrid Gunnarsson

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Johan Valfrid Gunnarsson partly also Walfrid Gunnarsson (born May 1, 1893 , † December 17, 1972 ) was a Swedish football player . The striker , who made his debut for the Swedish national team in 1914 , won the Swedish championship twice. He also played ice hockey .

Career

Gunnarsson played in the 1910s for the Allmänna Idrottsklubben, which was then based in Stockholm . In the final of the Swedish championship in November 1914 against Helsingborgs IF , he played alongside Rune Bergström , Ivar Svensson , Helge Ekroth and Karl Ansén in the storm and contributed two goals to the 7-2 success, including the 1-0 opening goal . Two years later he repeated the title win with the club, this time local rivals Djurgårdens IF were beaten 3-1. In the Tvillingderbyt held in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium , he scored the goal to make it 3-0.

In May 1914 Gunnarsson was first used in the Swedish national team, in the 4-3 victory over Finland he was next to his club-mates Ivar Svensson, who shone as a two-time scorer, and Rune Bergström as a goal scorer. By 1917 he played a total of six international matches , scoring a total of four goals.

At AIK, Gunnarsson was successful in ice hockey like many other members of his club from various sports, for example, he played the first match of the club's ice hockey team alongside Rudolf Kock or Erik Abrahamsson in 1921.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Valfrid Gunnarsson in: www.svenskagravar.se; accessed on May 24, 2017
  2. ↑ aik.se: "Svenska Mästare för fjärde gången" (accessed on March 30, 2016)
  3. ↑ aik.se: "Svenska Mästare för femte gången" (accessed on March 30, 2016)
  4. ↑ aikhockey.se: "Start (1921-1933)" ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on March 30, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aikhockey.se
personal data
SURNAME Gunnarsson, Valfrid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gunnarsson, Walfrid; Gunnarsson, Johan Valfrid (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1893
DATE OF DEATH 17th December 1972