Bror Lars Astley Mellberg (9 December 1923 − 8 September 2004) was a Swedish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a forward. He played for the Sweden national team at the

1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the 4th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. It was the first Wo ...

and

1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the 6th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first and only FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Br ...

where Sweden finished third and second, respectively.

Career statistics

International

: ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mellberg goal''.

Honours

Sweden *

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runner-up:

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

* FIFA World Cup third place:

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mellberg, Bror 1923 births 2004 deaths Swedish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Sweden men's international footballers Allsvenskan players AIK Fotboll players Serie A players Serie B players Genoa CFC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Red Star FC players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players 1950 FIFA World Cup players 1958 FIFA World Cup players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Swedish expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France 20th-century Swedish sportsmen