Rolf Holmström (7 September 1932 – 21 June 2012) was a Swedish

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. Holmström played 12 games in the Swedish top flight in 1959 for

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, scoring three goals. He then also played four matches in the second flight for the club the next season before retiring. Before he played for GAIS, Holmström scored nine goals in a single second-flight game in a local derby against Skellefteå IF in 1958. Holmström died in June 2012, with his passing being reported by local

Skellefteå Skellefteå (, locally ) is a Cities in Sweden, city in Västerbotten County, Sweden, with a population of 36,388. It is the seat of Skellefteå Municipality, which had 77,322 inhabitants in 2024. The city is historically industrial, with mining ...

newspaper ''Norran''.http://www.visac.se/document/Visuellt%20nr%2039.pdf , Page 46

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