Henry Källgren

Henry Källgren
Kurt Hamrin (on top), Reino Börjesson, Gunnar Gren, Bengt Berndtsson, Henry Källgren and Bror Mellberg (from left to right) with Team Sweden during a camp in preparation for the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden
Personal information
Date of birth (1931-03-13)13 March 1931
Place of birth Norrköping, Sweden
Date of death 21 January 2005(2005-01-21) (aged 73)
Place of death Helsingborg, Sweden
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Norrköpings FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1960 IFK Norrköping 181 (126)
1960–1963 Norrby IF
International career
1953–1958 Sweden 8 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Källgren (13 March 1931 – 21 January 2005) was a Swedish footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.

Career

Club career

Källgren played club football for IFK Norrköping between 1951 and 1960, scoring a total of 126 goals in 181 games.[1][2] In 1960 Källgren made a controversial move to Norrby IF[3] where he played for 3 seasons before retiring from football in 1963.[4]

International career

Källgren represented the national team at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and earned a total of eight caps between 1953 and 1958.

References

  1. ^ "Putte" Källgren död‚ folkbladet.se, 2 February 2005
  2. ^ "Putte" Källgren har avlidit‚ hd.se, 29 January 2005
  3. ^ 2 dagar kvar, Norrby "värvar" Putte Källgren?‚ norrbyif.se, 20 February 2015
  4. ^ Landslagsdatabasen Henry Källgren‚ svenskfotboll.se, 7 January 2018