Karl Bertil Ericsson (6 November 1908 — 18 August 2002) was a Swedish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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. Born in

Falun Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabita ...

, he began his career with hometown club Falu IK and moved to

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

in 1932. He played for

Sandvikens IF Sandvikens IF is a Swedish football club located in Sandviken. The club, formed 6 June 1918, has played 21 seasons in the highest Swedish league, but is in the third highest Swedish league, Division 1. Sandvikens IF are affiliated to the Gest ...

from 1933 to 1944 and

Kubikenborgs IF Kubikenborgs IF is a Swedish football club located in Kubikenborg, Sundsvall. Background Kubikenborgs Idrottsförening were founded in 1919 and granted land to develop a stadium a year later. The sports specialised in a range of sports includ ...

from 1944 to 1946. He played ten games for the Sweden national team, scoring as many goals. His debut was a 6–2 home win over Estonia in

1934 FIFA World Cup qualification The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the first World Cup for which teams had to qualify, after the finalists in the inaugural 1930 World Cup had participated by invitation from FIFA. With 32 teams having entered the 1934 competition, FIFA organized qual ...

, in which he scored twice. In the

1933–36 Nordic Football Championship The 1933–36 Nordic Football Championship was the third Nordic Football Championship staged. Four Nordic countries participated, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The tournament was arranged by the Football Association of Norway. The trophy wa ...

, he scored seven goals as Sweden won, including four in a 5–3 win away to

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on 17 April 1934. He also played a

1938 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 37 teams entered the 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. For the first time the title holders and the host country were given automatic qualification. Therefore, France, a ...

match. He was also part of Sweden's squad at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

, but he did not play in any matches.

Honours

Sweden * Nordic Football Championship: 1933–1936 Individual * Nordic Football Championship top scorer: 1933–1936 (shared with

Pauli Jørgensen Etvin Carl Pauli Jørgensen (4 December 1905 – 30 October 1993), known simply as Pauli Jørgensen, was a Danish amateur football player and manager. In his position of centre forward, Jørgensen played 297 matches and scored 288 goals for Bol ...

)

References

1908 births 2002 deaths Swedish footballers Association football forwards People from Falun AIK Fotboll players Sandvikens IF players Sweden international footballers Sportspeople from Dalarna County {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub