Ragnar Gunnarsson

Ragnar Gunnarsson (7 December 1891 – 13 March 1967) was a Swedish footballer who played as a forward, known for scoring the first goal in Hammarby IF's history in 1915. He won one cap for the Sweden national football team.

Ragnar Gunarsson
Personal information
Date of birth (1891-12-07)7 December 1891
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Date of death 13 March 1967(1967-03-13) (aged 75)
Place of death Stockholm, Sweden
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1910–1915 Klara SK
1915–1918 Hammarby IF
International career
1916 Sweden 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Athletic career

Football
Gunnarsson (right) scoring for Hammarby IF in a game against Johanneshofs IF on 6 May 1917.

On 15 August 1915, Gunnarsson scored the first ever competitive goal in Hammarby IF's history, in a 5–0 home win against Västerås SK. Earlier the same year, it had merged with local club Klara SK, where Gunnarsson had started his career.[1][2][3]

During the first seasons, Hammarby failed to reach the later stages of Svenska Mästerskapet, a cup by then held to decide the Swedish Champions. Known as a prolific goalscorer, Gunnarsson was one of the club's early key players together with goalkeeper Victor Olsson and defender Gösta Wihlborg.[4]

He won one cap for the Swedish football team, on 1 October 1916, playing the whole game in a 0–0 draw against Norway.[5][6] Gunnarsson left Hammarby at the end of 1918.[7]

Bandy

Like many other footballers at the time, Gunnarsson also played bandy with Hammarby IF between 1915 and 1918.[2][7]

Works cited
  • Persson, Gunnar (1996). Hammarby IF: En klubbhistoria 1897–1997 (in Swedish). Strömbergs Bokförlag. ISBN 91-7151-097-4.

References
  1. Persson, p. 60-62
  2. "1915" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. "Allt började i kvarteren Siken, Ålen, Nätet och Draget" (in Swedish). Supportrarnas Matchprogram. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. "Julkalendern lucka 3: SM-spel med silver" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014.
  5. "Sveriges landslagsmän 1908-2017". Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  6. "Landslagsdatabasen: Ragnar Gunnarsson". Swedish Football Association (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  7. "1918" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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