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Erik Eriksson (Swedish footballer)

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Erik Eriksson
Personal information
Full name Erik Eriksson
Date of birth (1914-10-28)28 October 1914
Place of birth Borlänge, Sweden
Date of death 24 April 1990(1990-04-24) (aged 75)
Place of death Borlänge, Sweden
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1929–32 IK Brage
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1933–1945 IK Brage
International career
1939 Sweden 1 (0)
Managerial career
1943–1944 IK Brage
1947 IK Brage
Leksands IF
Heros
Idkerberget Rämshyttans IK
Falu BS
1958–1959 IK Brage
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erik Eriksson (28 October 1914 – 24 April 1990)[1] was a Swedish football player and manager who spent most of his career at IK Brage. He joined the club's youth team in 1929 after being discovered while playing for a school team. The year after he started playing with the reserves and in 1933 he finally got to join the first team. He played for the club until 1945, acting as a player manager for the last few years. In 1939 he played his only game with the national team against Lithuania.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Erik Eriksson, eu-football.info
  2. ^ "Bragelegender - Erik Eriksson" (in Swedish). IK Brage. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
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