Olle Nyström (18 July 1928 – 18 July 2002) was a

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and

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, best known for representing

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and later coaching the club for two years.

Club career

AIK

Nyström started to play football with local club Väsby IK, before joining

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before the start of the 1947–48 season. He made his debut for the club in a 0–1 away loss against

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on 27 July 1947. 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.

Hammarby

Before the 1950–51 season, Nyström joined

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in Division 2, Sweden's second tier. He soon established himself as a starting centre-back for Hammarby, becoming known for his heading skills and tackling ability. In 1953–1954, Hammarby won a promotion to Allsvenskan in an unbeaten season, whilst using only 15 players, Nyström included.Persson, p. 81. He won one cap for the Swedish national B team on 19 September 1954, in a 0–2 home loss against

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. 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. He failed to score a single competitive goal throughout his senior career.

Managerial career

Nyström was the manager of Hammarby in

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and

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, finishing 8th and 9th in the Allsvenskan table in his two seasons in charge.

Personal life

Nyström worked full-time as a

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throughout his whole playing career. He married the sister-in-law of fellow footballer Gunnar Södergren, who also represented AIK and Hammarby. He is credited with convincing

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, 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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nyström, Olle 1928 births 2002 deaths Footballers from Stockholm Swedish footballers Swedish football managers Association football defenders Allsvenskan players Hammarby Fotboll players Hammarby Fotboll managers AIK Fotboll players Väsby IK players Swedish police officers