Nils Nygren

Nils Nygren was an early twentieth-century Swedish-American soccer center forward who played one season in the American Soccer League.

Nils Nygren
Personal information
Place of birth Sweden
Position(s) Center forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
New York Viking
Woburn Independent
1928–1929 Boston 29 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nygren played for the amateur New York Viking in the New York State League and Woburn Independent. In 1928, he turned professional with the Boston Soccer Club. Despite finishing nineteenth on the league’s scoring list that season, he left professional soccer.[1]

  • Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).

References

  1. "The Year in American soccer - 1929". Archived from the original on 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2012-11-22.
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