Bertil Nordahl

Karl Bertil Emanuel Nordahl (26 July 1917 – 1 December 1998) was a Swedish footballer and manager. As a player, he played for Hörnefors IF, Degerfors IF and Atalanta B.C. between 1936 and 1952.http://www.enciclopediadelcalcio.com/NordhalB.html As a manager, he coached Örebro SK and IK Brage.

He was capped 15 times for Sweden, and played for them at the 1948 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal. He was not part of the country's 1950 FIFA World Cup team because of Sweden's rules on only using amateur players, while the Italian Serie A was a professional league."Nordahl: 'Il pompiere d'oro', André Melsohn Dayan, Trivela.com  

He was the brother of Swedish international footballers Knut and Gunnar Nordahl.

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Category:Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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