Personal information | |||
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Full name | Börje Tapper | ||
Date of birth | 19 May 1922 | ||
Place of birth | Malmö, Sweden | ||
Date of death | 8 April 1981 | (aged 58)||
Place of death | Malmö, Sweden | ||
Playing position | Centre midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–1939 | Håkanstorp | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1939–1950 | Malmö FF | 191 | (92) |
1950 | Genoa 1893 | 7 | (?) |
National team | |||
1945–1948 | Sweden | 4 | (7) |
Teams managed | |||
1956–1957 | Lunds BK | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Börje Tapper (19 May 1922 – 8 April 1981) was a Swedish footballer. He is the father of Staffan Tapper.
Tapper started his playing career at Håkanstorp before moving on to Malmö FF. He played for the club between 1939 and 1950, when he went to Italy and Genoa 1893. He did not succeed in Italy and when he came home to Sweden, he was not allowed to play in Allsvenskan anymore due to the policy at the time. He is Malmö FF's second best goalscorer ever with 298 goals.
He later coached Lunds BK.