Nils Liedholm, Silvio Berlusconi

Nils Liedholm, right, shown in this 1986 photo with AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi, the legendary former Sweden and AC Milan player who later became a title-winning coach in Italy, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2007. He was 85. Liedholm died in the village of Cuccaro Monferrato, in the northern Italian province of Alessandria, AC Milan said in a statement. The cause of death was not given. Liedholm, a midfielder, formed a celebrated attacking trio with Gunnar Gren and Gunnar Nordahl for Sweden and Milan in the 1950s – known as the “Gre-No-Li.”. He won 23 caps for Sweden – scoring 11 times – and helped lead Sweden to the gold medal in the 1948 Olympics in London. He was also on the runner-up team at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, which was won by a Brazil club that included a young Pele’. (AP Photo/Carlo Fumagalli)