At age 16 Jacobsson signed for second tier team Gårda BK who offered to buy him a trench coat to lure the young player to the club. After his season at Gårda he made an early Allsvenskan debut with GAIS the following year but then chose to play for Redbergslids IK while doing his military service.[3]
In 1949 he returned to GAIS where he was the club's top goalscorer in eight of the ten seasons he spent there.[3] When GAIS celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 1994 he was voted "Player of the Century"[4] and at the end of 1999 he was also voted "Player of the Millennium" by the GAIS supporters.[2] He died in 2015 at a nursing home in Gothenburg.[5]
International careeredit
Jacobsson scored three goals in six games for the Sweden national football team. He was also selected in the preliminary squads for the 1950 and 1958 FIFA World Cup but was cut from the final squads both times.[3] During that time period players were selected to the national team by a committee instead of the manager and people in Gothenburg felt that the Stockholm-based committee were biased in only selecting players from the area around the Swedish capital.[2]
Personal lifeedit
Jacobsson was born in the United States to a Swedish father and Italian mother. He spent five years in the country before his family relocated to Sweden.[6] Jacobsson played professional football alongside his brother, Frank Jacobsson, with GAIS and the Sweden national football team. His nephew, Roberto Jacobsson, was also associated with GAIS as a manager and player.[7]
Karl-Alfred Jacobsson at National-Football-Teams.com
January 01, 1970
karl, alfred, jacobsson, january, 1926, march, 2015, swedish, footballer, best, known, time, spent, gais, allsvenskan, gais, during, 1953, 1954, season, with, being, playerspersonal, informationfull, namedate, birth, 1926, january, 1926place, birthboston, mass. Karl Alfred Jacobsson 15 January 1926 4 March 2015 was a Swedish footballer who is best known for the time he spent at GAIS in Allsvenskan 1 2 Karl Alfred JacobssonGAIS during the 1953 1954 season with Karl Alfred Jacobsson being one of the playersPersonal informationFull nameKarl Alfred JacobssonDate of birth 1926 01 15 15 January 1926Place of birthBoston Massachusetts United StatesDate of death4 March 2015 2015 03 04 aged 89 Place of deathGothenburg SwedenHeight1 86 m 6 ft 1 in Position s ForwardSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1943Garda BK1944 1945GAIS13 1 Redbergslids IK1949 1959GAIS184 144 International career 1952 1954Sweden6 3 Club domestic league appearances and goals correct as of 31 March 2013 National team caps and goals correct as of 31 March 2013 Contents 1 Career 2 International career 3 Personal life 4 Honours 4 1 Club 4 2 Individual 5 References 6 External linksCareer editAt age 16 Jacobsson signed for second tier team Garda BK who offered to buy him a trench coat to lure the young player to the club After his season at Garda he made an early Allsvenskan debut with GAIS the following year but then chose to play for Redbergslids IK while doing his military service 3 In 1949 he returned to GAIS where he was the club s top goalscorer in eight of the ten seasons he spent there 3 When GAIS celebrated its 100 year anniversary in 1994 he was voted Player of the Century 4 and at the end of 1999 he was also voted Player of the Millennium by the GAIS supporters 2 He died in 2015 at a nursing home in Gothenburg 5 International career editJacobsson scored three goals in six games for the Sweden national football team He was also selected in the preliminary squads for the 1950 and 1958 FIFA World Cup but was cut from the final squads both times 3 During that time period players were selected to the national team by a committee instead of the manager and people in Gothenburg felt that the Stockholm based committee were biased in only selecting players from the area around the Swedish capital 2 Personal life editJacobsson was born in the United States to a Swedish father and Italian mother He spent five years in the country before his family relocated to Sweden 6 Jacobsson played professional football alongside his brother Frank Jacobsson with GAIS and the Sweden national football team His nephew Roberto Jacobsson was also associated with GAIS as a manager and player 7 Honours editClub edit Allsvenskan 1 1953 54 Allsvenskan Individual edit Allsvenskan top goalscorer 3 1951 52 1952 53 1953 54References edit GAIS Spelarinformation for Karl Alfred Jacobsson in Swedish GAIS Archived from the original on 3 November 2012 Retrieved 31 March 2013 a b c Profiler vi minns in Swedish GAIS Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 31 March 2013 a b c Bengt Forsman 13 January 2005 Arhundradets Gaisare in Swedish GAIS Archived from the original on 2 October 2013 Retrieved 31 March 2013 Tony Balogh 15 January 2009 GAIS storste fyller 83 ar in Swedish GAIS Archived from the original on 2 October 2013 Retrieved 31 March 2013 Gais storste har gatt ur tiden Gais Goteborgs Posten Archived from the original on 2015 03 06 Retrieved 2015 03 05 For drygt 60 ar sedan tog GAIS guld i Allsvenskan och Degerfors IF lilla silvret Degerfors IF 17 May 2014 Gais storste har gatt ur tiden 5 March 2015 External links editSvensk Fotboll Profile Karl Alfred Jacobsson at National Football Teams com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Karl Alfred Jacobsson amp oldid 1181821634, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
