Gunnar Nordahl

Swedish association football player (1921-1995)

Gunnar Nordahl (1921–1995) was a Swedish association football player. Nordahl was born in Hörnefors on 19 October 1921. He died in Alghero on 15 September 1995, at the age of 74.

Nordahl competed in association football as a forward. The clubs and national sides on that record are Degerfors IF (1940–1944), 77 appearances and 56 goals, IFK Norrköping FK (1944–1949), 95 appearances and 93 goals, AC Milan (1949–1956), 257 appearances and 210 goals, AS Roma (1956–1958), 34 appearances and 15 goals and Karlstad BK (1959–1961), 24 appearances and 11 goals. The active career dates from 1937.

Nordahl received Guldbollen (1947). He took part in football at the 1948 Summer Olympics – men's tournament.

Nordahl had one recorded child, Tomas Nordahl.

Degerfors IF was founded in 1907.

Gunnar Nordahl is covered in 53 language editions of Wikipedia, a rough measure of how far the name has carried beyond Sweden.

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