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Olle Nyström

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Olle Nyström
Nyström with Hammarby in 1955.
Personal information
Full name Olle Nyström
Date of birth (1928-07-18)18 July 1928
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Date of death 18 July 2002(2002-07-18) (aged 74)[1]
Place of death Stockholm, Sweden
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Väsby IK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1949 AIK 4 (0)
1950–1959 Hammarby IF 171 (0)
Total 175 (0)
International career
1954 Sweden B 1 (0)
Managerial career
1973–1974 Hammarby IF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olle Nyström (18 July 1928 – 18 July 2002) was a Swedish football player and manager, best known for representing Hammarby IF and later coaching the club for two years.

Club career

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AIK

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Nyström started to play football with local club Väsby IK, before joining AIK in Allsvenskan before the start of the 1947–48 season.[1] He made his debut for the club in a 0–1 away loss against Halmstads BK on 27 July 1947.[2] He would, however, have a hard time breaking into the side, and only made four league appearances in his two seasons with the club, leaving in 1949.[3][1]

Hammarby

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Before the 1950–51 season, Nyström joined rivals Hammarby IF in Division 2, Sweden's second tier.[4] He soon established himself as a starting centre-back for Hammarby, becoming known for his heading skills and tackling ability.[3]

In 1953–1954, Hammarby won a promotion to Allsvenskan in an unbeaten season, whilst using only 15 players, Nyström included.[5][6] He won one cap for the Swedish national B team on 19 September 1954, in a 0–2 home loss against Norway.[7]

Nyström went on to play five full seasons with Hammarby in Allsvenskan, making 171 appearances for the club in total, before retiring at the end of 1959, aged 31.[8] He failed to score a single competitive goal throughout his senior career.[9]

Managerial career

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Nyström was the manager of Hammarby in 1973 and 1974, finishing 8th and 9th in the Allsvenskan table in his two seasons in charge.[10][11]

Personal life

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Nyström worked full-time as a policeman throughout his whole playing career.[3] He married the sister-in-law of fellow footballer Gunnar Södergren, who also represented AIK and Hammarby.[12]

He is credited with convincing Kenneth Ohlsson, who later would make the most appearances in the club's history with a total of 396 matches, to join Hammarby as a youngster in the late 1950s, since they were neighbours in the same Stockholm suburb of Bagarmossen.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Olle Nyström" (in Swedish). AIK. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Halmstads BK - AIK 1-0" (in Swedish). AIK. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "AIK-spelare i motståndarlagen: Väsby" (in Swedish). AIK. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ "1951" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ^ Persson, p. 81.
  6. ^ "1954" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Landslagsdatabasen: Olle Nyström". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Hammarby IF:s historia" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Total forwardsbrist - då är försvar bästa anfall" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 9 July 2004. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  10. ^ "1973" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  11. ^ "1974" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Gunnar Södergren – Hoppjerkan" (in Swedish). AIK. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  13. ^ "ALLSVENSKANS HISTORIA: Kenta talar ut om Bajen-myten – och samarbetet med brorsan: "Det var telepati"" (in Swedish). Fotbolldirekt. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

Works cited

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  • Persson, Gunnar (1996). Hammarby IF: En klubbhistoria 1897–1997 (in Swedish). Strömbergs Bokförlag. ISBN 91-7151-097-4.