Torsten Gustav Adolf Lindberg (14 April 1917 – 31 August 2009) was a Swedish football player and manager. As a player, he won a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the

1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. The planned 1942 and 1946 World Cups were ...

; as a manager he won two league titles with

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is nam ...

in 1964 and 1966. Lindberg played club football with Husqvarna IF,

IK Tord IK Tord is a Swedish football club located in Rosenlund in Jönköping. The club was formed on 10 September 1919 and has specialised in football and baseball. Background Since their foundation IK Tord has participated mainly in the middle divi ...

Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. H ...

and

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play the ...

. As a manager, he coached

and AIK; he was also Assistant Coach of the Swedish national side during the

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

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* * * 1917 births 2009 deaths Swedish footballers Sweden international footballers Olympic footballers of Sweden Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics 1950 FIFA World Cup players IFK Norrköping players Örgryte IS players Swedish football managers IFK Norrköping managers AIK Fotboll managers Djurgårdens IF Fotboll managers Olympic medalists in football Association football goalkeepers Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics People from Nässjö Municipality Sportspeople from Jönköping County {{Sweden-footy-goalkeeper-stub