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Agne Simonsson is one of the greatest in Swedish football. Between 1957 and 1967 she played 51 national A matches and scored 27 goals.
In 1959, he was awarded the largest individual award a Swedish soccer player can receive, the Golden Ball, after great efforts and two goals against England at Wembley.
In the same year, he also received the Svenska Dagbladet medal of achievement for the same reason and was given the name “The King of Wembley”.
In 1958, Agne Simonsson was part of the Swedish World Cup team that took home silver at the World Cup after a final 2-5 loss to Brazil.
In 2008 he was inducted into the Swedish Soccer Hall of Fame.
As a coach, he won the Swedish Championship gold in 1985 with his beloved Örgryte IS. It is the club’s last Swedish Championship gold and then it was the first in 72 years.
Over the years, he also trained BK Häcken and Greek Iraklis.
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Will be honored by Öis
In Öisgården, a candle has been lit and a picture of Agne Simonsson has been unveiled in her honor. Today’s president, Joachim Nordh, received the message from Agnes’s brother, Roy, on Wednesday morning.
– It is a hard day for all football lovers. You cannot do justice to this type of person in a nutshell. But he has always had a smile on his face and what he has done for Öis and Swedish football … very few have been successful with what he has done. He’s one of the biggest, perhaps even the biggest, the club has ever had, says Nordh.
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The club plans to pay tribute to Agne Simonsson in connection with the next match, the derby against Gais on Monday.
– It has been invaluable for us as a club. He is an icon and a legend in their circles. We will manage Agnes’s legacy with the respect and reverence it deserves. It is our duty, says Joachim Nordh.
Agne Simonsson sat in her wheelchair for the last few years of her life, but nevertheless she gladly came back to Öis’s days in Öisgården. From there, Joachim Nordh well remembers meeting the 1958 World Cup silver medalist.
– He was sitting in a wheelchair on our lawn. We had a few minutes of very good chat. He congratulated me on his presidency and wished me luck. I experienced a lot of warmth and generosity in that meeting, he says.
Hamrin remembers Simonsson
Since the World Cup team in 1958, there are now only two players alive. One of them is Kurt “Kurre” Hamrin.
– Now there are only Reino (Börjesson) and me. It’s a shame and there’s no funny news. But we should all go that way, Hamrin tells Expressen.
Harmin remembers the past as a player along with Simonsson.
– He was fantastically good when he played center and hit the balls as he should. It had everything a center can have. I could never focus, I just ran …
He continues:
– It had a great meaning. And Agne was a very nice person and a good person. We had a great relationship, although lately we didn’t see each other as often.
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