Erik Nilsson

Nilsson played 57 times for the Sweden men's national football team, and participated in several international tournaments. He played in the 1938 FIFA World Cup, where Sweden finished fourth. He took part in the 1948 London Olympics, where Sweden celebrated its best international result with a gold medal, defeating Yugoslavia 3–1 in the final. Two years later he competed in the 1950 FIFA World Cup where Sweden finished third, thus becoming one of only two players to play in World Cups before and after World War II (the other being Switzerland's Alfred Bickel). In the 1950 World Cup, Nilsson was also elected into the All-Star team of the tournament. He won another medal in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, where Sweden won the bronze after defeating Germany 2–0. In 1950, Nilsson was awarded the Guldbollen as the year's best Swedish football player. In 2003, he was inducted into the SFS Hall Of Fame.

Malmö FF

Swedish Champions: 1943–44, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53 Division 2 Södra: 1934–35, 1935–36 Svenska Cupen: 1944, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1953 Sweden

1948 Summer Olympics: gold medal winner 1952 Summer Olympics: bronze medal third place 1950 FIFA World Cup: third place 1938 FIFA World Cup: fourth place Individual

FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1950 Guldbollen: 1950 SFS Hall Of Fame: 2003