Gunnar Alvar Galin (4 April 1902 – 21 January 1997) 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 ...

, ice hockey player and bandy player. He was president of the International Bandy Federation from its foundation in 1955 to 1963.

Football career

Galin made 13 Allsvenskan appearances (five goals) for

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and seven Allsvenskan appearances (one goal) for

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

. He played as an

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References

1902 births 1997 deaths Men's association football forwards Swedish men's footballers Swedish ice hockey players Swedish bandy players Presidents of the Federation of International Bandy Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players AIK Fotboll players IK Göta Ishockey players IK Göta Bandy players Allsvenskan players AIK Fotboll directors and chairmen {{bandy-stub