Bror Lars Astley Mellberg (9 December 1923 − 8 September 2004) was a Swedish

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who played as a

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. He played for the Sweden national team at the

1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. The planned 1942 and 1946 World Cups were ...

and

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where Sweden finished third and second, respectively.

Career statistics

International

: ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mellberg goal''.

Honours

Sweden *

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runner-up:

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

* FIFA World Cup third place:

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mellberg, Bror 1923 births 2004 deaths Swedish footballers Men's association football forwards Sweden men's international footballers Allsvenskan players AIK Fotboll players Serie A players Serie B players Genoa C.F.C. players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Red Star F.C. players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players 1950 FIFA World Cup players 1958 FIFA World Cup players Swedish expatriate footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Swedish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France