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{{short description|Swedish footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Tore Keller
| image = Tore Keller 2.jpg
| caption = Tore Keller in the 1930s
| height = {{convert|1.84|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|1|4}}
| birth_place = [[Norrköping]], Sweden
| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|7|15|1905|1|4}}
| death_place = Norrköping, Sweden
| currentclub = 
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
| years1 = 1924–1940
| clubs1 = [[IK Sleipner]]
| caps1 = 305
| goals1 = 152
| nationalyears1 = 1929
| nationalteam1 = [[Sweden national football B team|Sweden B]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 1924–1938
| nationalteam2 = [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
| nationalcaps2 = 25
| nationalgoals2 = 16
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{SWE}}}}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Paris]] | [[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
}}

'''Tore Bertil Gottfrid Keller''' (4 January 1905 – 15 July 1988) was a Swedish [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]]. He was part of the [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] team that won the bronze medal at the [[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=sr/><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27246 |title=Tore Keller |work=Olympedia |access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref>

He played 305 matches for [[IK Sleipner]] and scored 152 goals and became the [[Swedish Champions (football)|Swedish champion]] with the club in [[1937–38 Allsvenskan|1938]]. Internationally he appeared in the [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]] and [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]] FIFA World Cups. Keller was also a keen bandy, [[table tennis]] and [[bowling]] player.<ref name=sok/>

== Career statistics ==

=== International ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tore Keller - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/tore-keller/cf32534f-b5de-43ab-bc8b-5be3d9d792e3/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se. |language=sv}}</ref>
!National team
!Year
!Apps
!Goals
|-
| rowspan="15" |[[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
|1924
|6
|3
|-
|1925
|2
|1
|-
|1926
|2
|1
|-
|1927
|1
|3
|-
|1928
|3
|2
|-
|1929
|0
|0
|-
|1930
|1
|0
|-
|1931
|0
|0
|-
|1932
|0
|0
|-
|1933
|2
|0
|-
|1934
|4
|4
|-
|1935
|1
|1
|-
|1936
|0
|0
|-
|1937
|0
|0
|-
|1938
|3
|1
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!25
!16
|}

: ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Keller goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of international goals scored by Tore Keller<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title=Gunnar Gren - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/gunnar-gren/1861577a-fa4b-447a-979f-53fbbdc61130/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se. |language=sv}}</ref>
! scope="col" |No.
! scope="col" |Date
! scope="col" |Venue
! scope="col" |Opponent
! scope="col" |Score
! scope="col" |Result
! scope="col" |Competition
!Ref.
|-
| align="center" |1
|29 June 1924
|[[Stockholm Olympic Stadium]], [[Stockholm]], Sweden
|{{fb|EGY}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |5–0
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Egypten - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-egypten-landskamper-herr-senior/1567992/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |2
|25 July 1924
|Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden
|{{fb|EST}}
| align="center" |2–1
| align="center" |5–2
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Estland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-estland-landskamper-herr-senior/1567993/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |3
|21 September 1924
|[[Råsunda Stadium]], [[Solna Municipality|Solna]], Sweden
|{{fb|NOR}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |6–1
|[[1924–28 Nordic Football Championship]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Norge - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-norge-landskamper-herr-senior/1567996/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |4
|5 July 1925
|Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden
|{{fb|AUT}}
| align="center" |2–4
| align="center" |2–4
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Österrike - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-osterrike-landskamper-herr-senior/1568002/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |5
|3 October 1926
|Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden
|{{fb|POL}}
| align="center" |3–0
| align="center" |3–1
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Polen - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-polen-landskamper-herr-senior/1568014/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |6
| rowspan="3" |1 July 1927
| rowspan="3" |[[Nya Parken|Idrottsparken]], [[Norrköping]], Sweden
| rowspan="3" |{{fb|EST}}
| align="center" |1–0
| rowspan="3" align="center" |3–1
| rowspan="3" |Friendly
| rowspan="3" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Estland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-estland-landskamper-herr-senior/1568023/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |7
| align="center" |2–0
|-
| align="center" |8
| align="center" |3–0
|-
| align="center" |9
| rowspan="2" |7 June 1928
| rowspan="2" |Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden
| rowspan="2" |{{fb|NOR}}
| align="center" |1–0
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |6–1
| rowspan="2" |1924–28 Nordic Football Championship
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Norge - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-norge-landskamper-herr-senior/1568027/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |10
| align="center" |5–1
|-
| align="center" |11
| rowspan="3" |23 May 1934
| rowspan="3" |Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden
| rowspan="3" |{{fb|POL}}
| align="center" |2–1
| rowspan="3" align="center" |4–2
| rowspan="3" |Friendly
| rowspan="3" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Polen - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-polen-landskamper-herr-senior/1568077/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |12
| align="center" |3–2
|-
| align="center" |13
| align="center" |4–2
|-
| align="center" |14
|23 September 1934
|[[Töölön Pallokenttä]], [[Helsinki]], Finland
|{{fb|FIN}}
| align="center" |3–5
| align="center" |4–5
|[[1933–36 Nordic Football Championship]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finland - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/finland-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568083/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |15
|1 September 1935
|Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden
|{{fb|ROM|name=Romania}}
| align="center" |2–0
| align="center" |7–1
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Rumänien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-rumanien-landskamper-herr-senior/1568089/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |16
|12 June 1938
|[[Stade du Fort Carré]], [[Antibes]], France
|{{fb|CUB}}
| align="center" |5–0
| align="center" |8–0
|[[1938 FIFA World Cup#Quarter-finals|1938 FIFA World Cup]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Kuba - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-kuba-landskamper-herr-senior/1568108/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|}

== Honours ==
'''IK Sleipner'''

* [[Allsvenskan]]: [[1937–38 Allsvenskan|1937–1938]]

'''Sweden'''

* [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] bronze: [[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924]]<ref name=":0" />

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref>
<ref name=sok>[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/t/tore-keller.html Tore Keller]. Swedish Olympic Committee</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.iksleipner.se/iksleipner/sida/27784/tore-keller Tore Keller images]
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com profile}}
* {{SOK profile}}

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