Hysén in grief: “He has meant every thing to me”

Age took its toll and now Kurt Hysén, who would have turned 90 on August 2, is free from all of the diseases he suffered lately.

– Contemplating the scenario, it was simply as effectively that it occurred this fashion, and the mom says so too. He was 90 years outdated and he was no extra, he could not reply calls however he simply lay there. However it’s to hell when it occurs anyway, he says Glen Hysen64.

He says that everybody within the household was there and so they might say goodbye.

– My hand was in entrance of his mouth to really feel if he was respiratory or not and in the long run I felt nothing. In that case, you aren’t good. Dad has meant every thing to me and my sister Carina. She wasn’t interested by sports activities, however she made me play soccer all these years. It made me battle and work, that “spirit” comes from there and with out it you most likely would not have been something, says Glenn Hysén.

“Visitor all compliments”

Kurt spent his final years in a nursing residence at Hisingen in Gothenburg, only a ten-minute stroll from his spouse Elvy, 90, with whom he had been collectively for 73 years. Twice a day Elvy greeted her husband.

– Now he is gone. Our youngsters and grandchildren have many different issues to consider, however she solely had him. So, my sister and I’ve slept together with her each different night time now to assist.

Glenn Hysén with Kerstin, his son Tobias and oldsters Kurt and Elvy. The photograph was taken in Holland in 1983.

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Kurt Hysén was very interested by soccer and his streaks didn’t go away. Erik Hysén’s father and his brother Carl grew to become Swedish champions with IFK Göteborg in 1935. Kurt and his brother Morgan obtained themselves the perfect recreation in Blåvitt’s staff. He then centered on being a coach, primarily in Hisingsklubben IF Warta – Glenn’s guardian membership – and the Gothenburg metropolis staff.

– Many individuals have admired him each as an individual and as a frontrunner. He deserves all of the credit score now, says Glenn.

Kurt, previously a retired driver for an electrical firm, was additionally a standing notion instrument. Particularly when it got here to their favourite staff IFK Gothenburg.

– You may safely say that. It was very pressing.

The hearty, honest laughter might be heard from far and large.

– He was so bossy however nonetheless rattling type, mentioned Glenn and mentioned in his distinctive means:

– Good outdated man, that is the perfect you may say.

“The very first thing he mentioned was…”

The grandson Tobias Hysén had a detailed relationship together with his grandfather. Kurt needed to take over Glenn’s position when the middle moved again abroad for the second time within the late 80’s.

– The mom and father separated and we nonetheless lived right here at residence. The mom labored at night time after which it was grandmother and grandfather and grandmother who needed to step in, the previous striker says.

Tobias Hysen with instructor Kurt.

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At Tobias’s initiative, he was drilled on the soccer subject by his grandfather. Technical coaching, nodes, tactical board and even some media coaching at a younger age.

– He had a tape participant and recorded. I used to be most likely seven or eight years outdated then, haha. He was in any respect the video games so long as he might. Grandma was additionally on many journeys, however she was too nervous to examine.

Kurt at all times gave some ideas and suggestions after the video games. The 42-year-old reveals when he would name his grandfather after a 6-0 win over Djurgården in 2009 at Gamla Ullevi the place he scored twice and performed massive.

-​​​​​​I believed that now it needed to be a constructive dialog. However the very first thing he mentioned was “Rattling how unhealthy they had been!”. That just about sums up the scenario. Do not come right here pondering you probably did one thing good, haha. However my grandfather helped me loads and he was actually one in all my largest supporters. We’ll all miss him, says Tobias Hysén.

The funeral will likely be in Lundby church on July 5.

Three generations of Hysén: Kurt, Erik and Glenn. The photograph was taken in 1981 in Inägogatan in Hisingen in Gothenburg.

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