Leo Naphta
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...the first captain of a World Championship winning team (1987 and 1991) to win it as head coach too?
I know he is the first Swede.
I know he is the first Swede.
Leo Naphta said:...the first captain of a World Championship winning team (1987 and 1991) to win it as head coach too?
I know he is the first Swede.
Kaizer said:No, Bobrov did it before. Gold medals as : captain in 1954, 1956 at WCs, Captain in 1956 at Olympics, Head coach in 1973, 1974 at WCs.
BtW, Bobrov was captain of national football team and he is the only player in Olympic history who was captain of both football and hockey teams
Leo Naphta said:Interesting. Thanks for posting. So he and BÃ…G has two titles each as captain and two titles each as head coach, right? (The Olympic Champions were automatically awarded the WCH gold in '56).
TORRUS said:Damn! The rosters have already been made for the 2006 world cup since the deadline was few days ago... Seems like BAG will have to wait 4 years to captain team Sweden to the world cup title if he wants to catch Bobrov.
Kaizer said:BtW, Bobrov was captain of national football team and he is the only player in Olympic history who was captain of both football and hockey teams
PS. He won national championship in Bandy twice too, but I don't know was he captain or not
TORRUS said:Sorry, fixed it... I don't know who won in 56'. Wasn't that Pele's first world cup appearance?
But the point still stands! BAG has to captain the Sweedish football team!