Gustav Wetterström
Karl Gustaf Evert " Gustav " Wetterström (* October 15, 1911 in Norrköping, † November 16, 1991 same place ) was a Swedish football player. The striker won with IK Sleipner in 1938 the Swedish championship in the same year and took part in the World Cup finals.
Career
Wetterström played from its debut in April 1932 against Örgryte IS for IK Sleipner in the Allsvenskan. At the end of the season 1932/33, he went down with the team from the Swedish Elite Series, but managed five points clear at Djurgårdens IF the relay victory in the second division. After the club against IK Brage had prevailed for a 3-3 draw and a 3-2 home win in the rise of games, he went back into the top flight for goals. On the side of Harry Andersson, gates cellar and Curt Hjelm he was one of the prolific players of the club that took him to two years in the back of the midfield in the season 1936/37, behind champions AIK - had to Råsundastadion to Solna relocated in the prior year nine crew point lead - led to the second place in the table. The subsequent season 1937/38, was more successful. Twelve of the 22 season games were designed by the club victorious and distant end of the season the same point trio Helsingborgs IF, IF Elfsborg and Landskrona BoIS to the places. Was crowned the profit of the Von Rosen's Cup by being nominated for the World Cup finals in the same year.
Already in September 1934 Wetterström debuted in the Swedish national team, as they defeated the Finnish national selection with a 4:5 defeat. Initially this had been his only game, only in the context of qualifying for World Cup 1938, he became in June 1937 for the second time in the national jersey on the court - the 7-2 win against Estonia, he crowned with a hat-trick between the 73rd and 84th minutes. Participation secured - Thus, the selection team had already before the final game against the selection of the German Empire - in the 0-5 defeat, he was not considered. Finally, on the side of his club mates cellar doors, Harry Andersson and Arne Linder Holm he was in the squad for the finals. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich the planned opening game was against the Austrian national team, so that the Swedes had to line up at the start in the quarter-final match against Cuba. The overmatched Americans arrived in the rain hardly cope and went downright below. Between the 32th and the 44th minute scored Wetterström a hat-trick, which meant a 4-0 half-time after Keller's opening goal. In the last ten minutes of the game, the Northern Europeans scored four more goals, team-mate hit the cellar 8-0 victory total also three times. Some sources claim Wetterström have met four times in the game, which he only partially awarded, however, scored 8-0 according to FIFA's official information be team-mate Andersson. In the semifinal against Hungary Arne Nyberg scored Although the early opening goal for Sweden, ultimately they had to admit defeat with 1:5. Also in the match for third place against Brazil they lay, this time even 2-0 lead, left the place but as a loser.
Was Wetterström been inactive for Sweden in the final game of the World Cup, he played two days later in a 1-0 victory over Denmark his seventh international match. This was also the last time that the seven-time national scorer aground in the National Jersey. For his club he was still active in the following years, but the team could not confirm the success and slid in the championship steadily. At the end of the season 1940/41, it rose from from the first division. About the future life Wetterströms nothing is known on a dated as of the year 1942 team photo of IK Sleipner he is already out of sight.