Ragnar Gunnarsson Explained

Ragnar Gunarsson
Birth Date:7 December 1891
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Death Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Position:Forward
Years1:1910–1915
Clubs1:Klara SK
Years2:1915–1918
Clubs2:Hammarby IF
Nationalyears1:1916
Nationalteam1:Sweden
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

Ragnar Gunnarsson (7 December 1891 – 13 March 1967) was a Swedish footballer who played as a forward, known for scoring the first goal in Hammarby IF's history in 1915. He won one cap for the Sweden men's national football team.

Athletic career

Football

On 15 August 1915, Gunnarsson scored the first ever competitive goal in Hammarby IF's history, in a 5–0 home win against Västerås SK. Earlier the same year, it had merged with local club Klara SK, where Gunnarsson had started his career.[1] [2] [3]

During the first seasons, Hammarby failed to reach the later stages of Svenska Mästerskapet, a cup by then held to decide the Swedish Champions. Known as a prolific goalscorer, Gunnarsson was one of the club's early key players together with goalkeeper Victor Olsson and defender Gösta Wihlborg.[4]

He won one cap for the Swedish football team, on 1 October 1916, playing the whole game in a 0–0 draw against Norway.[5] [6] Gunnarsson left Hammarby at the end of 1918.[7]

Bandy

Like many other footballers at the time, Gunnarsson also played bandy with Hammarby IF between 1915 and 1918.[2] [7]

Works cited

Notes and References

  1. Persson, p. 60-62
  2. Web site: 1915. HIF Historia. 2 February 2021. Swedish.
  3. Web site: Allt började i kvarteren Siken, Ålen, Nätet och Draget. Supportrarnas Matchprogram. 2 February 2021. Swedish.
  4. Web site: Julkalendern lucka 3: SM-spel med silver. Swedish. Hammarby Fotboll. 3 December 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141209005718/http://www.hammarbyfotboll.se/Article.aspx?id=b2ae7963-54e9-4113-bb67-8080505e35d0. 9 December 2014.
  5. Web site: Sveriges landslagsmän 1908-2017. Swedish Football Association. sv. 2 February 2021.
  6. Web site: Landslagsdatabasen: Ragnar Gunnarsson. Swedish Football Association. sv. 2 February 2021.
  7. Web site: 1918. HIF Historia. 2 February 2021. Swedish.