Börje Tapper

Börje Tapper (* May 20, 1922; † 8 April 1981 ) was a Swedish football player. The striker, who participated with the Swedish national team at the World Cup in 1950, won three times Swedish champion title as well as the National Cup.

Career

Tapper began playing football at Håkanstorps BK. As a teenager, he moved to Malmö FF. Here he was appointed to the men's team, for which he took up in the Allsvenskan. The first big success came to him with the team on the side of Kjell Rosén, Erik Nilsson and Helge Bengtsson in the season 1943/44, when five points clear on IF Elfsborg and AIK the first win of the Swedish league title was won in the club's history. In the same year he reached with the team final of the Svenska Cupen, he decided with three goals in a 4-3 win over IFK Norrköping almost single-handedly.

In the following years, Tapper played regularly with the club to the league title. The contribution Tappers honored the leaders of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet in the fall of 1945, when he made his debut on September 30th of the year in a 6-1 victory over the Finnish national team in the National Jersey. He contributed five goals essential to the victory. Still, he could not compete in the national team and was only sporadically used, there was set to its position in the forward line Gunnar Gren. In the years 1946 and 1947 get more Cup success, before the strengthened with players such as Karl -Erik Palmér or Stellan Nilsson team again the von Rosen's Cup brought in the season 1948/49, for the title. The following year, she defended the title by it remained throughout the course of the season without defeat and only two draws allowed.

In the summer of 1950, Tapper was part of the squad of the national selection in the World Cup tournament in Brazil. During the tournament, he remained without use, contributing at most morally to third place behind world champion Uruguay and Brazil at. Nevertheless, he joined following the tournament as many of his compatriots to Italy. In Genoa 1893, he came in seven games for use and therefore remained only one season. He then returned to Sweden. Once been active as a professional, Tapper was in his home country no longer eligible to play and ended at the age of 29 years his active career.

In April 1981, Tapper, who scored as a four-time national player seven international goals, his third heart attack died.

Tappers son Staffan also played for Malmö FF and took the national team to the World Cup tournaments in 1974 and 1978.