Ellert Björgvinsson Schram (born 10 October 1939) is an Icelandic former
footballer
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and politician.
Football career
Club
At club level Ellert played as a
forward
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for
Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur and competed at the
1966–67 European Cup
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, scoring two goals against
FC Nantes
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. He played in the
Icelandic top-tier league from 1957 to 1971, scoring 62 goals.
He won the
Icelandic Football Cup 7 times with KR from 1960 to 1967. He was captain of
Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur when they played
Liverpool FC
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in August 1964 which was Liverpools first ever European game losing 5-1 and 11-1 overall on aggregate.
International
Ellert was part of the
Iceland national football team
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between 1959 and 1970. He played 23 matches, scoring 6 goals.
Managerial career
He was the manager of KR during the
1973 season.
Titles
*
Icelandic championships:
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
,
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
,
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
,
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
,
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
*
Icelandic Football Cup (7): 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967
Political career
After his playing days where over, Ellert served as the chairman of the
Football Association of Iceland from 1973 to 1989. He served as a member of
Alþingi
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for the
Independence Party
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, from 1971 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1987, and for the
Social Democratic Alliance
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from 2007 to 2009.
References
External links
Biographyat
Alþingi
The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' or ') is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at ("thing fields" or "assembly ...
Profileat
Football Association of Iceland
1939 births
Living people
Ellert Schram
Ellert Björgvinsson Schram (born 10 October 1939) is an Icelandic former footballer and politician.
Football career Club
At club level Ellert played as a forward for Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur and competed at the 1966–67 European Cup, sco ...
Ellert Schram
Ellert Björgvinsson Schram (born 10 October 1939) is an Icelandic former footballer and politician.
Football career Club
At club level Ellert played as a forward for Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur and competed at the 1966–67 European Cup, sco ...
Ellert Schram
Ellert Björgvinsson Schram (born 10 October 1939) is an Icelandic former footballer and politician.
Football career Club
At club level Ellert played as a forward for Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur and competed at the 1966–67 European Cup, sco ...
Ellert Schram
Ellert Björgvinsson Schram (born 10 October 1939) is an Icelandic former footballer and politician.
Football career Club
At club level Ellert played as a forward for Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur and competed at the 1966–67 European Cup, sco ...
Association football forwards
Ellert Schram
Ellert Björgvinsson Schram (born 10 October 1939) is an Icelandic former footballer and politician.
Football career Club
At club level Ellert played as a forward for Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur and competed at the 1966–67 European Cup, sco ...
Ellert Schram
Ellert Björgvinsson Schram (born 10 October 1939) is an Icelandic former footballer and politician.
Football career Club
At club level Ellert played as a forward for Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur and competed at the 1966–67 European Cup, sco ...
Ellert Schram
Ellert Björgvinsson Schram (born 10 October 1939) is an Icelandic former footballer and politician.
Football career Club
At club level Ellert played as a forward for Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur and competed at the 1966–67 European Cup, sco ...
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