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Helge Ekroth

Gustav Sandberg at the 1912 Olympics
Personal information
Born	26 February 1892 Stallarholmen, Sweden
Died	29 November 1950 (aged 58) Stockholm, Sweden
Sport
Sport	Football
Club	AIK

August Helge "Ekis" Ekroth (26 February 1892 – 29 November 1950) was a Swedish football (soccer) and bandy player. He competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, playing as forward in one match in the main tournament. He won the Swedish league four times (1911, 1914, 1916 and 1923), making him the only football player in AIK with four national league titles. He scored 10 goals in 18 international games for Sweden.

References

1. "Helge Ekroth". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
2. Helge Ekroth Archived 21 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
3. "Helge Ekroth - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 December 2020.

External links

• Swedish squad in 1912 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Sweden football squad – 1912 Summer Olympics
GK Bergqvist GK J. Börjesson DF Bergström DF Levin DF Malm DF H. Svensson DF Törnqvist MF Frykman MF K. Gustafsson MF O. Gustafsson MF Nilsson MF Sandberg MF Wicksell FW Ansén FW E. Börjesson FW Dahlström FW Ekroth FW Halling-Johansson FW Myhrberg (c) FW I. Svensson Coach: Bunyan

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