Torsten Lindberg

Torsten Lindberg

Lindberg competing at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London
Personal information
Full name	Torsten Gustav Adolf Lindberg
Date of birth	(1917-04-14)14 April 1917
Place of birth	Nässjö, Sweden
Date of death	31 August 2009(2009-08-31) (aged 92)
Place of death	Malmö, Sweden
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1937	Husqvarna IF	?	(?)
1937–?	IK Tord	?	(?)
0000–1940	Örgryte IS	?	(?)
1940–1953	IFK Norrköping	?	(?)
International career
1947–1951	Sweden	19	(0[1])
Managerial career
1953–1954	IFK Norrköping
1958	Sweden (Assistant)
1964–1966	Djurgårdens IF
1969–1970	AIK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Torsten Gustav Adolf Lindberg (14 April 1917 – 31 August 2009) was a Swedish football player and manager. As a player, he won a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1950 FIFA World Cup; as a manager he won two league titles with Djurgårdens IF in 1964 and 1966.^[2]

Lindberg played club football with Husqvarna IF, IK Tord, Örgryte IS and IFK Norrköping. As a manager, he coached IFK Norrköping, Djurgårdens IF and AIK; he was also Assistant Coach of the Swedish national side during the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

• Torsten Lindberg – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Torsten Lindberg at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Torsten Lindberg at Olympics.com

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