Arne Eriksson

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Arne Eriksson (born January 15, 1916 ) is a former Finnish football referee . He gained national fame by directing finals at the 1958 World Cup .

Career

Eriksson comes from the Finnish city of Jakobstad and was a member of the local football club IF Drott , which has competed in the top Finnish league several times in its history - albeit without lasting success .

As a referee, Eriksson led games in the then Mestaruussarja Finnish championship in the 1950s , and in 1958 he was responsible for the game management in the final of the Finnish national cup between KTP and Kiffen .

Eriksson also whistled for international matches. In 1955 he had first experience as a referee at a national tournament when he was one of the referees at the Nordic Football Championship . Three years later he led the final group game of Group C between Hungary and Mexico at the World Cup finals , in which the runner-up world champions Hungary forced a play-off against Wales with a 4-0 win . In this, which Wales won with a 2-1 victory, he worked as a linesman .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ palloliitto.fi: " Suomen Cupin finaalit 1955-2011" ( Memento from February 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ fifa.com: "Match report" ( Memento from December 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Eriksson, Arne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish football referee
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1916