Tore Keller

Tore Keller
	Tore Keller in the 1930s
Personal information
Date of birth	January 4, 1905
Place of birth	Norrköping, Sweden
Date of death	July 15, 1988 (aged 83)
Place of death	Norrköping, Sweden
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1924–1940	IK Sleipner
International career
1929	Sweden B
1924–1938	Sweden
Medal record
Representing Sweden
Olympic Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tore Bertil Gottfrid Keller (4 January 1905 – 15 July 1988) was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker. He was part of the Sweden team that won the bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[2]

He played 305 matches for IK Sleipner and scored 152 goals and became the Swedish champion with the club in 1938. Internationally he appeared in the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cups. Keller was also a keen bandy, table tennis and bowling player.^[3]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[4]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	1924	6	3
	1925	2	1
	1926	2	1
	1927	1	3
	1928	3	2
	1929	0	0
	1930	1	0
	1931	0	0
	1932	0	0
	1933	2	0
	1934	4	4
	1935	1	1
	1936	0	0
	1937	0	0
	1938	3	1
Total		25	16

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Keller goal.

List of international goals scored by Tore Keller^[5]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	29 June 1924	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	Egypt	1–0	5–0	Friendly	^[6]
2	25 July 1924	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	Estonia	2–1	5–2	Friendly	^[7]
3	21 September 1924	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	Norway	1–0	6–1	1924–28 Nordic Football Championship	^[8]
4	5 July 1925	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	Austria	2–4	2–4	Friendly	^[9]
5	3 October 1926	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	Poland	3–0	3–1	Friendly	^[10]
6	1 July 1927	Idrottsparken, Norrköping, Sweden	Estonia	1–0	3–1	Friendly	^[11]
7				2–0
8				3–0
9	7 June 1928	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	Norway	1–0	6–1	1924–28 Nordic Football Championship	^[12]
10	7 June 1928	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	Norway	5–1	6–1	1924–28 Nordic Football Championship	^[12]
11	23 May 1934	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	Poland	2–1	4–2	Friendly	^[13]
12				3–2
13				4–2
14	23 September 1934	Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	3–5	4–5	1933–36 Nordic Football Championship	^[14]
15	1 September 1935	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	Romania	2–0	7–1	Friendly	^[15]
16	12 June 1938	Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes, France	Cuba	5–0	8–0	1938 FIFA World Cup	^[16]