Kjell Hjertsson (1 August 1922 – 8 February 2013) 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 his career at
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...
and
Råå IF
Råå Idrottsförening, commonly known as Råå IF, is a football club located in Råå at Öresund, Scania, south of Helsingborg. The club became the Swedish Cup champions in 1948, and the vice champions of the Allsvenskan, the highest league ...
as a
midfielder
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.
His brothers
Arne Hjertsson
Arne Hjertsson (4 September 1918 – 12 June 1987) was a Sweden, Swedish Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward.
References
1918 births
1987 deaths
Men's association football forwards
Swed ...
and
Sven Hjertsson
Sven Hjertsson (7 March 1924 – 12 November 1999) was a Swedish footballer who played as a defender. He was also part of Sweden's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Oly ...
were also footballers.
He died 8 February 2013. In 1950 he was recruited to
Råå IF
Råå Idrottsförening, commonly known as Råå IF, is a football club located in Råå at Öresund, Scania, south of Helsingborg. The club became the Swedish Cup champions in 1948, and the vice champions of the Allsvenskan, the highest league ...
, together with his Malmö FF clubmates
Walle Ek and
Gustaf Nilsson. With these reinforcements, Råå IF, immediately after promotion from the second tier, in the
1950–51 season, sensationally captured the top tier
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system.
Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...
's big silver medal.
[Idrottsbladet 1950, 1951]
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1922 births
2013 deaths
Swedish men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Sweden men's international footballers
Allsvenskan players
Malmö FF players
Råå IF players
20th-century Swedish sportsmen