Bengt Nyholm

Bengt "Zamora" Nyholm
Bengt Nyholm and Malmö FF's Henry Thillberg in 1955
Personal information
Date of birth (1930-01-30)30 January 1930
Place of birth Härnösand, Sweden
Date of death 10 September 2015(2015-09-10) (aged 85)
Place of death Mantorp, Sweden
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1948 IF Älgarna ? (?)
1948–1965 IFK Norrköping 294 (0)
International career
1959–1964 Sweden 30 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
The Sweden men's national football team in 1961 with these players – from the left, standing: Bengt "Fölet" Berndtsson, Torbjörn Jonsson, Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson, Agne Simonsson, Rune Börjesson and Lennart Backman; crouched: Olle "Lappen" Hellström, Orvar Bergmark, Bengt "Zamora" Nyholm, Lennart Wing and Gösta "Knivsta" Sandberg.
1963: Bengt Nyholm, the keeper of IFK Norrköping, tries to improve his effectiveness by applying glue from flypaper to his hands.

Bengt "Zamora" Nyholm (30 January 1930 – 10 September 2015) was a Swedish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was awarded the Guldbollen Award in 1961.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Guldbollen: Här är alla vinnare" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  2. ^ Hanna Bohman (10 September 2015). "Bengt Nyholm avliden – blev 85 år gammal" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 11 September 2015.