Olle Nyström (18 July 1928 – 18 July 2002) was a Swedish football player and manager, best known for representing Hammarby IF and later coaching the club for two years.
 Nyström with Hammarby in 1955. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Olle Nyström | ||
| Date of birth | 18 July 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
| Date of death | 18 July 2002 (aged 74)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Väsby IK | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1947–1949 | AIK | 4 | (0) |
| 1950–1959 | Hammarby IF | 171 | (0) |
| Total | 175 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1954 | Sweden B | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1973–1974 | Hammarby IF | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editAIK
editNyström started to play football with local club Väsby IK, before joining AIK in Allsvenskan before the start of the 1947–48 season.[1] He made his debut for the club in a 0–1 away loss against Halmstads BK on 27 July 1947.[2] He would, however, have a hard time breaking into the side, and only made four league appearances in his two seasons with the club, leaving in 1949.[3][1]
Hammarby
editBefore the 1950–51 season, Nyström joined rivals Hammarby IF in Division 2, Sweden's second tier.[4] He soon established himself as a starting centre-back for Hammarby, becoming known for his heading skills and tackling ability.[3]
In 1953–1954, Hammarby won a promotion to Allsvenskan in an unbeaten season, whilst using only 15 players, Nyström included.[5][6] He won one cap for the Swedish national B team on 19 September 1954, in a 0–2 home loss against Norway.[7]
Nyström went on to play five full seasons with Hammarby in Allsvenskan, making 171 appearances for the club in total, before retiring at the end of 1959, aged 31.[8] He failed to score a single competitive goal throughout his senior career.[9]
Managerial career
editNyström was the manager of Hammarby in 1973 and 1974, finishing 8th and 9th in the Allsvenskan table in his two seasons in charge.[10][11]
Personal life
editNyström worked full-time as a policeman throughout his whole playing career.[3] He married the sister-in-law of fellow footballer Gunnar Södergren, who also represented AIK and Hammarby.[12]
He is credited with convincing Kenneth Ohlsson, who later would make the most appearances in the club's history with a total of 396 matches, to join Hammarby as a youngster in the late 1950s, since they were neighbours in the same Stockholm suburb of Bagarmossen.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Olle Nyström" (in Swedish). AIK. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Halmstads BK - AIK 1-0" (in Swedish). AIK. 23 March 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "AIK-spelare i motståndarlagen: Väsby" (in Swedish). AIK. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "1951" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Persson, p. 81.
- ^ "1954" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Landslagsdatabasen: Olle Nyström". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Hammarby IF:s historia" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Total forwardsbrist - då är försvar bästa anfall" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 9 July 2004. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "1973" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "1974" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Gunnar Södergren – Hoppjerkan" (in Swedish). AIK. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "ALLSVENSKANS HISTORIA: Kenta talar ut om Bajen-myten – och samarbetet med brorsan: "Det var telepati"" (in Swedish). Fotbolldirekt. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
Works cited
edit- Persson, Gunnar (1996). Hammarby IF: En klubbhistoria 1897–1997 (in Swedish). Strömbergs Bokförlag. ISBN 91-7151-097-4.