Hermann Gunnarsson

Hermann Gunnarsson

Hemmi Gunn (2009)
Personal information
Full name	Hermann Gunnarsson
Date of birth	(1946-12-09)9 December 1946
Place of birth	Iceland
Date of death	4 June 2013(2013-06-04) (aged 66)
Place of death	Thailand[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1955–1956	Víkingur R.[2]
1957–1963	Valur[2]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1968	Valur
1969	SC Eisenstadt
1970	ÍBA		(14)
1971–1976	Valur
International career
1967–1973	Iceland	14	(4)
1967	Iceland Olympic	2	(0)
1966–1968	Iceland amateur	4	(2)
Managerial career
1970	ÍBA
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hermann Gunnarsson (9 December 1946 – 4 June 2013) commonly referred to by his nickname, Hemmi Gunn, was an

After spending several years away from the spotlight from the late 1990s until the early 2000s he returned to television in 2005 to host a musical game show on Stöð 2.^[8] In fall 2006 he started a new weekly talk show on Stöð 2.^[9] Hermann has also released musical albums, hosted a radio show on Bylgjan among other activities. He spent some years in Thailand during his break from the media.^[4]

Football career

Hermann was one of Iceland's top football players in the 1960s and 70s and played with the national football team.^[10] He played 14 official matches, scoring 4 goals, 4 matches against amateur sides, scoring 2 goals and 2 games against the Spanish amateur team in an Olympic qualifier, not scoring in those matches.^[11]

Hermann played with

Hermann also represented the Icelandic national handball team, scoring 45 goals in 15 matches. He claimed in an interview in 1977 to be the (then) world-record holder for goals scored in a national handball game, as he scored 17 goals when Iceland won the United States 41–17 in 1966.^[3]

Basketball

Outside of football and handball, Hermann also played for Valur's basketball team in the Icelandic top-tier league.^[17] He played his first official senior team game on 24 January 1971, scoring 4 points.^[18]

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