Sweden Win Olympic Gold

OTD E0286 — 13 Aug 1948: Sweden beat Yugoslavia 3–1 at Wembley to win Olympic football gold. This episode traces Swedish football from the founding of the Swedish FA, Scandinavian rivalry with Denmark and Norway, amateurism, neutrality during World War II, George Raynor and Putte Kock, Sweden’s brilliant Olympic side with Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Nils Liedholm, Henry Carlsson and the Nordahl brothers, the 1948 tournament route, Denmark’s bronze medal, the professional exodus to Italy and Spain, Gre-No-Li at AC Milan, and why 1948 ranks at the very top of Swedish men’s football history.Ideas: [email protected]