Kurt Gunnar Weckström (4 December 1911 – 7 January 1983) was a Finnish

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. He earned 35 caps for the

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and was a member of the Finland squad at the

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Career

Weckström started his career in the

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working class side Töölön Vesa, playing in the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation (TUL)

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. Due to the 1918 Civil War, Finnish football was divided, TUL and the Finnish Football Association (SPL) had their own leagues and the national team was composed of SPL players only. Weckström won the TUL Championship title in 1930 and was a member of the TUL football team at the

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. Soon after the Olympiad, he defected to the ″bourgeoisie″

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, which made him eligible for the national team. Weckström debuted for Finland in October 1931 against Denmark. In the Finland squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics, he was one of the eight former TUL players who had defected to the Finnish Football Association side.

Club honours

* Finnish Workers' Sports Federation Championship: 1930 * Finnish Championship: 1936, 1938

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weckstrom, Kurt 1911 births 1983 deaths Footballers from Helsinki Men's association football forwards Finnish men's footballers Finland men's international footballers Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Finland Mestaruussarja players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players