Gunnar Nordahl was a towering, prolific Swedish centre-forward who became one of AC Milan’s most feared goalscorers in the early 1950s. Part of the celebrated Swedish trio at the San Siro, he scored at an astonishing rate and repeatedly topped the Serie A charts.
Powerful and clinical, he had won Olympic gold with Sweden before conquering Italy, and stands among the most lethal marksmen the game has seen.