Karl-Alfred Jacobsson

Karl-Alfred Jacobsson (15 January 1926 – 4 March 2015) was a Swedish footballer who is best known for the time he spent at GAIS in Allsvenskan.

[1][2] At age 16 Jacobsson signed for second-tier team Gårda BK who offered to buy him a trench coat to lure the young player to the club.

After his season at Gårda he made an early Allsvenskan debut with GAIS the following year but then chose to play for Redbergslids IK while doing his military service.

[5] Jacobsson scored three goals in six games for the Sweden men's national football team.

[3] During that time period players were selected to the national team by a committee instead of the manager and people in Gothenburg felt that the Stockholm-based committee were biased in only selecting players from the area around the Swedish capital.