Börje Tapper

Börje Tapper
Personal information
Full nameBörje Tapper
Date of birth19 May 1922
Place of birthMalmö, Sweden
Date of death8 April 1981 (aged 58)
Place of deathMalmö, Sweden
Playing positionCentre midfielder
Youth career
-1939Håkanstorp
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1939-1950Malmö FF191(92)
1950Genoa 18937(?)
National team
1945-1948Sweden[1]4(7)
Teams managed
1956-1957Lunds BK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Börje Tapper (19 May 1922 – 8 April 1981) was a Swedish footballer. He is the father of Staffan Tapper.

Career

Tapper started his playing career at Håkanstorp before moving on to Malmö FF. He played for the club between 1939 and 1950, when he went to Italy and Genoa 1893. He did not succeed in Italy and when he came home to Sweden, he was not allowed to play in Allsvenskan anymore due to the policy at the time. He is Malmö FFs second best goalscorer ever with 298 goals.

He later coached Lunds BK.[2]

References