Lennart Backman

Kurt Lennart Ingemar Backman (born 7 February 1934) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a winger.

[3] Backman made his full international debut for the Sweden national team on 7 May 1958 in a friendly game against Switzerland ahead of the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

[4] The injury ended up keeping Backman out of Sweden's 1958 World Cup squad and sidelined him from all football for the next couple of months.

[4] He also represented Sweden in the UEFA Euro 1964 and 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns, but never appeared in a major international tournament.

[4] A versatile athlete, Backman also represented AIK in bandy and ice hockey during his footballing career.

The Sweden men's national football team in 1961 with this players – from the left, standing: Bengt "Fölet" Berndtsson , Torbjörn Jonsson , Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson , Agne Simonsson , Rune Börjesson and Lennart Backman; crouched: Olle "Lill-Lappen" Hellström , Orvar Bergmark , Bengt "Zamora" Nyholm , Lennart Wing and Gösta "Knivsta" Sandberg .