Karl Gustaf NILSSON

Sweden
Sweden
Games Participations1
First Olympic GamesLondon 1908
Year of Birth1879

Biography

Karl-Gottfrid Nilsson was a member of the Swedish tug-of-war team at the 1908 London Olympics. The team finished fourth after losing their first-round match to the British Liverpool Police team, 2 pulls to 0. All of the team members appear to have been military men as they represented military sport clubs. Nilsson was a member of Infanteri 1 Idrottsförening which was the sports club of the 1st Infantry regiment of the Swedish army. Nilsson was born and died in Stockholm.

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