Victor "Kucku" Olsson (21 February 1895 – 24 January 1982) was a Swedish

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player, best known for representing

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. A full international between 1920 and 1921, he won four

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for the Sweden national team.

Club career

Hammarby IF

In 1915,

established a football section after a merger with Klara SK, where 20-year old Olsson had started to play as a youngster. Olsson soon established himself as one of Hammarby's key players, together with defender

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and striker Gustav Björk. In 1920, Hammarby debuted in the

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, by then the highest league in Swedish football. He played 15 competitive games throughout the season, as the club finished third in the table, three points behind winners

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. In 1922, Hammarby had an other strong showing where they went to the finals of Svenska Mästerskapet, losing 1–3 to

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, a game that Olsson missed due to sickness. Hammarby IF was one of the founding members of

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in 1924, a new league that was established to determine the Swedish Champions. By this time, 29-year old Olsson had lost his place as the starting goalkeeper, to Rickard Westling, and he only played four games throughout the season. Olsson was the youth idol of Sven Bergqvist, that later would become a goalkeeper for both Hammarby and Sweden, who frequently acted as a

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during home games on Hammarby IP.Persson, p. 218

International career

Olsson was one of the first players from Hammarby IF to establish himself as a member of the Sweden national team. He won four caps for his country between 1920 and 1921.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Olsson, Victor 1895 births 1982 deaths Swedish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Allsvenskan players Hammarby Fotboll players Sweden men's international footballers Footballers from Stockholm