Henry Källgren (13 March 1931 – 21 January 2005) was a Swedish footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.
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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 | |||
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| 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 | ||
| National team | |||
| 1953–1958 | Sweden | 8 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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 an controversial move to Norrby IF[3] where he played for 3 seasons before retiring from football in 1963. [4]
Källgren represented the national team at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and earned a total of eight caps between 1953 and 1958.
Sweden squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup runners-up | ||
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