Sylve Boris Bengtsson (2 July 1930 – 30 April 2005) was a Swedish

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.Sylve Bengtsson
Swedish Olympic Committee

Career

Bengtsson started his career in Halmstads BK at the age of 17 in 1947 against

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, a 0–5 defeat. In 1948 as Halmstads BK was relegated from

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Sylve left for ''

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'' (now Helsingborgs IF); during his time in Hälsingborg he made his first national team appearance for

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; he was later part of the Swedish national team that won bronze medal in the

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after defeating

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.Sylve Bengtsson
sports-reference.com After the Summer Olympics he returned to Halmstads BK and helped the club back up in Allsvenskan, in season 1954–55 he won the Stora Silvret with the club and in the following season he became the top goalscorer with 22 goals. Halmstads BK was relegated yet again in 1959 and in 1961 Sylve left for Gnosjö IF where he played for three seasons before returning to Allsvenskan and ''Hälsingborgs IF'' to play between 1964 and 1965. In 1967, he returned to Halmstads BK as a playing coach and in 1968 he became manager for

Laholms FK Laholms FK is a Swedish football club located in Laholm in Halland County. Background Laholms Fotbollklubb was formed on 3 May 1957 following the merger of Laholms Bollklubb (LBK) and Laholms Idrottsförening (LIF). The club has had some promine ...

, shortly south of

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, he then returned to Halmstads BK as teamleader; he made a short time as manager yet again for the club during the summer of 1971 and led the club back to Allsvenskan. Aside from playing football he also worked as a

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and confectioner.

Achievements

Club

Halmstads BK * Allsvenskan: runners-up 1954–55

International

Sweden *

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third place:

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Individual

* Allsvenskan top goalscorer: 1955–1956

References

External links

Halmstads BK article
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bengtsson, Sylve 1930 births 2005 deaths Men's association football forwards Halmstads BK players Helsingborgs IF players Allsvenskan players Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Sweden Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Bakers Swedish football managers Halmstads BK managers Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Footballers from Halmstad