Ebbe Schwartz
Ebbe Schwartz | |
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1st President of UEFA | |
In office 22 June 1954 – 17 April 1962 | |
Preceded by | Office created |
Succeeded by | Gustav Wiederkehr |
Personal details | |
Born | Frederiksberg, Denmark | 3 May 1901
Died | 19 October 1964 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | (aged 63)
Occupation | Football administrator |
Ebbe Schwartz (3 May 1901 – 19 October 1964) was a Danish football administrator.
Career
[edit]- From 1950 until 1964 he was president of the Danish Football Association (the DBU).[1]
- He served as the first UEFA President (1954–1962).[2][3]
- From 1962 until 1964 he was a member of the executive committee and vice-president of the world football federation FIFA.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "DBU's formænd" (in Danish). Danish Football Association Funen. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ a b "About UEFA - Past presidents". UEFA. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ Manzenreiter, Wolfram (2013). Governance, Citizenship and the New European Football Championships: The European Spectacle. Routledge. p. 18. ISBN 9781317988779.
External links
[edit]- Ebbe Schwartz - Kendtes gravsted
- Past presidents UEFA.com
- W. Pyta, N. Havemann European Football and Collective Memory