Herbert Carlsson

Herbert Carlsson
Personal information
Full name	Knut Herbert Karlsson
Date of birth	August 9, 1896
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
Date of death	October 12, 1952 (aged 56)
Place of death	Gothenburg, Sweden
Position(s)	Inside Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Annedals FF
	IK Niord
	IK Vega
1917–1922	IFK Göteborg
1922–1924	New York Vikings
1924–1927	Indiana Flooring
1927–1930	New York Nationals
1930–1931	New York Giants
International career
1918–1922	Sweden
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Knut Herbert "Murren" Karlsson (8 September 1896 – 21 October 1952), better known as Herbert Carlsson, was a Swedish football inside forward born in Gothenburg. He played professionally in both Sweden and the United States. He also earned twenty caps, scoring nineteen goals, with the Swedish national team.

Club career

After starting his career playing for three local clubs, he joined IFK Göteborg in 1917 and won a Swedish Championship with the club the year after.[1] He became the club's first big star. He emigrated to United States in 1922 where he played in for the New York Vikings in the New York State League. In 1924, he signed with Indiana Flooring in the American Soccer League. In 1927, he joined the Vikings on a tour of Scandinavia. When he returned to the United States, he found that his team had been sold to Charles Stoneham and renamed the New York Nationals. In 1930, Stoneham renamed the team the New York Giants. Carlsson left the Giants and the ASL following the 1931 fall season. He returned to Sweden in 1936 where he stayed until he died in 1952.

International career

Carlsson earned twenty caps, scoring nineteen goals, for Sweden.[2] In 1920, he played for the Swedish soccer team at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3] He led the team in scoring with nine goals.[4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
IFK Göteborg	1917	Triangelserien	0	0	4	2	4	2
	1918	Fyrkantserien	5	4	3	4	8	8
	1919	Fyrkantserien	5	4	1	0	6	4
	1920-21	Swedish Series	12	19	8	6	20	25
	1921-22		0	0	1	0	1	0
	1922-23	Swedish Series	6	2	2	1	8	3
	Total		28	29	19	13	47	46
Indiana Flooring	1924-25	ASL	40	24	0	0	40	24
	1925-26	ASL	36	19	0	0	36	19
	1926-27	ASL	34	13	0	0	34	13
	Total		110	56	0	0	110	56
New York Nationals	1927-28	ASL	13	2	0	0	13	2
	1928-29	ASL	45	18	0	0	45	18
	1929	ASL	20	4	0	0	20	4
	1930	ACSL	31	7	0	0	31	7
	Total		109	31	0	0	109	31
New York Giants	1930	ASL	15	10	0	0	15	10
	1931	ASL	34	10	0	0	34	10
	Total		49	20	0	0	49	25
Career total			296	136	19	13	315	151

References

"Herbert Karlsson - ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
"Herbert Carlsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-12-14.
"Herbert Carlsson". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
FIFA Player Profile

External links

Profile at Swedish Olympic Committee
Herbert Carlsson at ifkdb.com

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[1] "Herbert Karlsson - ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 2020-12-14.

[2] "Herbert Carlsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-12-14.

[3] "Herbert Carlsson". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[4] FIFA Player Profile