Börje Leander | |
Full Name: | Oscar Börje Leander |
Birth Date: | 7 March 1918 |
Birth Place: | Avesta, Sweden |
Death Place: | Mora, Sweden |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1938–1953 |
Clubs1: | AIK |
Caps1: | 249 |
Goals1: | 25 |
Nationalyears1: | 1941–1950 |
Nationalteam1: | Sweden[1] |
Nationalcaps1: | 23 |
Nationalgoals1: | 4 |
Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Oscar Börje Leander (7 March 1918 – 30 October 2003) was a Swedish footballer. He played 249 matches as a midfielder for AIK and scored 25 goals, mostly successful penalty kicks. He also played 23 times for the Sweden national team, scoring four goals. He was on the Sweden squad that won the gold medal in the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2] When Knut Nordahl was injured in the opening match against Austria, Leander stepped in as a substitute right-back, and stayed until the final, when Nordahl recovered.[3] [4]
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