Herbert Carlsson

Herbert Carlsson
Personal information
Full nameMurren Karlsson
Date of birthAugust 9, 1896
Place of birthGoteborg, Sweden
Date of deathOctober 12, 1952 (aged 56)
Place of deathGoteborg, Sweden
Playing positionInside Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
Annedals FF
IK Niord
IK Vega
1917-1922IFK Göteborg160(?)
1922-1924New York Vikings
1924-1927Indiana Flooring110(56)
1927-1930New York Nationals109(31)
1930-1931New York Giants49(27)
National team
1918-1922Sweden20(19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Herbert Carlsson (8 September 1896 – 21 October 1952), also known as Murren Karlsson, was a Swedish football inside forward born in Gothenburg. He played professionally in both Sweden and the United States. He also earned twenty caps, scoring nineteen goals, with the Swedish national team.

Club career

After starting his career playing for three local clubs, he joined IFK Göteborg in 1917 and won a Swedish Championship with the club the year after. He became the club's first big star. He emigrated to USA in 1922 where he played in for the New York Vikings in the New York State League. In 1924, he signed with Indiana Flooring in the American Soccer League. In 1927, he joined the Vikings on a tour of Scandinavia. When he returned to the United States, he found that his team had been sold to Charles Stoneham and renamed the New York Nationals. In 1930, Stoneham renamed the team the New York Giants. Carlsson left the Giants and the ASL following the 1931 fall season. He returned to Sweden in 1936 where he stayed until he died in 1952.

International career

Carlsson earned twenty caps, scoring nineteen goals, for Sweden. In 1920, he played for the Swedish soccer team at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He led the team in scoring with nine goals.[1]

References

  1. ↑ FIFA Player Profile

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