Lennart "Foppa" Forsberg - grandfather of Emil Forsberg - made his debut in Gif Sundsvall in 1945. He was then 17 years old.

Then Leif "Lill-Foppa" Forsberg and Emil Forsberg followed in the same footsteps - both made their debut in "Giffarna" at the age of 17.

Lennart Forsberg is dead.

He passed away quickly last week, according to Expressen.

The family did not have time to say goodbye.

- No, not like that.

He died violently and fell.

My mother passed away just before midsummer, and now Dad died.

I did not even have time to put my mother down, they are going down at the same time now, says Leif Forsberg to Expressen.

"An eternal Gif legend"

Gif Sundsvall writes on Twitter:

Lennart Forsberg - an eternal Gif legend. Lennart "Foppa" Forsberg made his debut in Gif Sundsvall in 1945 at the age of 17. During the 50s, Forsberg, mainly through his technique and his sense of goal, became the big star in Gif Sundsvall and helped the team to several great successes "

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