Henry Petersen From (1 June 1926 – 31 August 1990) was a

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goalkeeper. He played 31 games for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the

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. He spent his entire club career at

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, with whom he won four

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hips and four

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Biography

Born in Aarhus, From started playing football with Aarhus Gymnastik Forening (AGF). He was a reserve goalkeeper at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

, but did not play there. From was a stalwart goalkeeper in the AGF team which won the Danish championship three years in a row, from 1955 to 1957, as well as the 1955 and 1957 Danish Cup trophies. He made his Danish national team debut in May 1957, and quickly established himself as Denmark's leading goalkeeper. From was the starting goalkeeper as Denmark won silver medals at the 1960 Olympic football tournament. In the semi-finals against

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, Denmark were leading 1–0 when Hungary were awarded a

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. As he readied himself for the penalty kick, From spat his

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out, and stuck it to the

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. He saved Hungarian player Pal Varhidi's shot, took the

in his mouth again, and Denmark went on to win the game 2–0.Boserup, Rasmus (27. November 2008
5 af de største AGF-målmænd
stiften.dk From won a third Danish championship with AGF in 1960, as well as two further Danish Cup trophies in 1960 and 1961. On the international stage, he helped AGF reach the quarter-finals of the 1961 European Cup, where they were defeated by

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from

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. He played his last Danish national team game in May 1961, before ending his national team career after 31 games. From 1968 to 1969, From was the Danish national team coach in 20 games. He collaborated with Erik Hansen, and later John Hansen. From was the coach, while the two others took turns in functioning as Danish team managers.

Bibliography

*''"From klarer"'', memoirs (1961)

References

External links

Danish national team profile

DBUs landstrænere i perioden 1967–69
at the Danish Football Association {{DEFAULTSORT:From, Henry 1926 births 1990 deaths Danish men's footballers Denmark international footballers Danish football managers Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Denmark Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Aarhus Gymnastikforening managers Denmark national football team managers Olympic medalists in football Footballers from Aarhus Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Burials at Vestre Cemetery, Aarhus Association football goalkeepers