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Henry Carlsson

1917 - 1999

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Nils Gustav Henry "Garvis" Carlsson (29 October 1917 – 28 May 1999), was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a forward. He represented AIK, Stade Français, and Atletico Madrid during a club career that spanned between 1939 and 1953. A full international between 1941 and 1949, he won 26 caps for the Sweden national team and was part of the Sweden Olympic team that won the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Carlsson is the 2,627th most popular soccer player (down from 2,017th in 2019), the 702nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 588th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Henry Carlsson ranks 2,627 out of 21,273Before him are Eduard Mudrik, Pedro de Felipe, Nahum Stelmach, José Vicente, Carlos Marchena, and Kim Jung-nam. After him are Ramón Guzmán, István Nagy, Ilie Subășeanu, Bernd Stange, Im Shung-hwi, and Stuart McCall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Henry Carlsson ranks 235Before him are Ivan Bodiul, Jacqueline Auriol, Abdel Rahman Badawi, Desi Arnaz, James Jesus Angleton, and Jane Bowles. After him are Noboru Terada, Li Rui, Dmitry Polyansky, Helen Suzman, Abdullah al-Sallal, and Babiker Awadalla. Among people deceased in 1999, Henry Carlsson ranks 189Before him are Regina Ghazaryan, Muhammetnazar Gapurow, Johannes Käbin, Einar Englund, Walter Schleger, and Nahum Stelmach. After him are István Nagy, Ruth Roman, Primo Nebiolo, Yvette Cauchois, David A. Huffman, and Shel Silverstein.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Henry Carlsson ranks 702 out of 1,879Before him are Jan Johansson (1931), Carl Westergren (1895), Gustaf Dyrssen (1891), Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659), Anders Larsson (1892), and Runer Jonsson (1916). After him are Jenny Berggren (1972), Erik Malmberg (1897), Gunnar Fischer (1910), Ewa Aulin (1950), Gerard De Geer (1858), and Nils Bohlin (1920).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Henry Carlsson ranks 66Before him are Patrik Andersson (1971), Torsten Lindberg (1917), Arne Selmosson (1931), Ingvar Rydell (1922), Åke Johansson (1928), and Gunnar Jansson (1907). After him are Gustav Wetterström (1911), Ove Grahn (1943), Anders Svensson (1976), Stig Sundqvist (1922), Gunder Bengtsson (1946), and Krister Kristensson (1942).