Harry Bild
 Bild in 1965 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harry Sven-Olof Bild | ||
| Date of birth | 18 December 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Växjö, Sweden | ||
| Date of death | 16 January 2025 (aged 88) | ||
| Place of death | Växjö, Sweden | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1956–1964 | IFK Norrköping | 175 | (120) |
| 1964–1965 | FC Zürich | 17 | (6) |
| 1965–1967 | Feyenoord | 52 | (39) |
| 1968–1973 | Östers IF | 115 | (42) |
| Total | 359 | (207) | |
| International career | |||
| 1957–1968 | Sweden | 28 | (13) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Harry Sven-Olof Bild (18 December 1936 – 16 January 2025) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a striker. Starting off his career with IFK Norrköping in 1956, he went on to represent FC Zürich and Feyenoord before retiring at Östers IF in 1973. A full international between 1957 and 1968, he won 28 caps and scored 13 goals for the Sweden national team. In 1963, he was awarded Guldbollen as Sweden's best footballer of the year.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Born in Växjö he was transferred to IFK Norrköping during the 1950s. He turned professional for FC Zürich in Switzerland and for Feyenoord in the Netherlands, scoring 39 goals in 52 games.[1] He returned to his homeland to join Östers IF in 1967 and won the Swedish national title in 1968. Between 1968 and 1973, he scored 42 goals in 113 matches for Östers.
International career
[edit | edit source]Bild made 28 appearances and scored 13 goals for the Sweden national football team and he won Guldbollen in 1963.[2]
Death
[edit | edit source]Bild died from cancer on 16 January 2025, at the age of 88.[3]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Individual
- Stor Grabb: 1962
- Guldbollen: 1963
References
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External links
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- Harry Bild at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- [1] Archived 1 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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- 1936 births
- 2025 deaths
- Footballers from Växjö
- Swedish men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Sweden men's international footballers
- Allsvenskan players
- Eredivisie players
- Östers IF players
- IFK Norrköping players
- FC Zürich players
- Feyenoord players
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- 20th-century Swedish sportsmen
- Bild family
- Deaths from cancer in Sweden