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Torsten Lindberg

1917 - 2009

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Torsten Gustav Adolf Lindberg (14 April 1917 – 31 August 2009) was a Swedish football player and manager. As a player, he won a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1950 FIFA World Cup; as a manager he won two league titles with Djurgårdens IF in 1964 and 1966. Lindberg played club football with Husqvarna IF, IK Tord, Örgryte IS and IFK Norrköping. As a manager, he coached IFK Norrköping, Djurgårdens IF and AIK; he was also Assistant Coach of the Swedish national side during the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Torsten Lindberg is the 2,413th most popular soccer player (up from 2,798th in 2019), the 664th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 743rd in 2019) and the 61st most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Torsten Lindberg ranks 2,413 out of 21,273. Before him are Valery Gazzaev, René Petit, Anatoliy Konkov, Branislav Ivanović, Carlos Alberto Silva, and Américo Lopes. After him are José Planas, Jorge Dely Valdés, Fernando Giudicelli, Charles Antenen, João Pinto, and Michal Vičan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Torsten Lindberg ranks 223. Before him are Ilse Steppat, Ossie Davis, Yahya Petra of Kelantan, Miroslav Brozović, Fritz Honegger, and Bagrat Shinkuba. After him are Johannes Bobrowski, Laurindo Almeida, Gloria Fuertes, Luigi Cantone, Knut Haugland, and Ivan Bodiul. Among people deceased in 2009, Torsten Lindberg ranks 211. Before him are Willem Johan Kolff, Lei Clijsters, Juvenal Amarijo, Adolf Merckle, Henri Pousseur, and Reinhard Mohn. After him are Arnold Meri, Otar Chiladze, Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Henry Gibson, Helen Levitt, and Uma Aaltonen.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Torsten Lindberg ranks 664 out of 1,879. Before him are Kurt Pettersén (1916), Nils Engdahl (1898), Jan Olsson (1944), Arvid Holmberg (1886), Patrik Andersson (1971), and Inger Stevens (1934). After him are Jan Myrdal (1927), Kristina Wayborn (1950), Lars Hall (1927), Johan Henric Kellgren (1751), Arne Selmosson (1931), and Marcus Schenkenberg (1968).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Torsten Lindberg ranks 61. Before him are Henock Abrahamsson (1909), Harry Andersson (1913), Kent Karlsson (1945), Sven Jonasson (1909), Jan Olsson (1944), and Patrik Andersson (1971). After him are Arne Selmosson (1931), Ingvar Rydell (1922), Åke Johansson (1928), Gunnar Jansson (1907), Henry Carlsson (1917), and Gustav Wetterström (1911).

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