Oscar Erik Mammen Jørgensen (17 December 1909 – 21 May 1992) was a

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amateur football player, who played 28 games for the Denmark national football team from 1932 to 1945. Born in

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, Jørgensen played as a

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(center-half) for

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club KB. A tall, heavy-set, knock-kneed man, Jørgensen looked nothing like a sportsman. However, with deceptively good acceleration, anticipation and heading ability, he was a good defensive player. Jørgensen made his international debut for Denmark in June 1932.Danish national team profile
/ref> The national team positioned the center-half differently from KB, and Jørgensen was played out of position as a defender. He was the defensive lynch-pin of the Danish team that lost the so-called Battle of Breslau game 0-8 to the

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. Following the Breslau game, Oscar Jørgensen was dropped from the team, but he returned within the year. He then replaced

Pauli Jørgensen Etvin Carl Pauli Jørgensen (4 December 1905 – 30 October 1993), known simply as Pauli Jørgensen, was a Danish amateur football player and manager. In his position of centre forward, Jørgensen played 297 matches and scored 288 goals for Bol ...

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, and captained Denmark in his remaining 15 international games.Haslund.info profile
/ref> Oscar Jørgensen played his last international game in September 1945. Years after his retirement, Jørgensen made a comeback for KB, playing in the center forward position.

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1909 births 1992 deaths Danish men's footballers Kjøbenhavns Boldklub players Denmark men's international footballers Footballers from Frederiksberg Men's association football midfielders {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub