Harry Andersson
Harry Andersson, c. 1935
Personal information
Full name Harry Emanuel Andersson
Date of birth (1913-03-07)March 7, 1913
Place of birth Norrköping, Sweden
Date of death June 6, 1996(1996-06-06) (aged 83)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1932–1944 IK Sleipner
International career
1938 Sweden 3 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harry Emanuel Andersson (7 March 1913 – 6 June 1996) was a Swedish football striker.[1]

He played for IK Sleipner and was the top scorer of the 1934–35 Allsvenskan.[2] Andersson also played for the Sweden national football team, for whom he appeared in the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France, at which he scored three goals.[3][4]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[4]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 1938 3 3
Total 3 3
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Andersson goal.
List of international goals scored by Harry Andersson
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 12 June 1938 Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes, France  Cuba 1–0 8–0 1938 FIFA World Cup [5]
2 6–0
3 8–0

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Sweden". fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on October 18, 2007. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Allsvenska skyttekungar & publiksnitt 1925-". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
  3. ^ "Sweden - Cuba". fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Harry Andersson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  5. ^ "Sverige - Kuba - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-11-24.

External links


Allsvenskan top scorers
Sweden squad – 1938 FIFA World Cup fourth place
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