Rudolf Eklöw (15 January 1904 - 29 September 1986, in Stockholm) was a sports

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, and

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. He is known for writing under his

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: "The R" (Swedish: "R:et").

Awards and achievements

* Inductee to

IIHF Hall of Fame The IIHF Hall of Fame is a hall of fame operated by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was founded in 1997, and has resided at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto since 1998. Prior to 1997, the IIHF housed exhibits at the Interna ...

1999 *

IIHF The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; french: Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace; german: Internationale Eishockey-Föderation) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 83 m ...

Honorary Member 1976 * Inductee to

Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame The Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame was created 2011 to honor those individuals who have contributed to Swedish ice hockey. The Hall of Fame includes notable players, coaches, referees and other personalities. The first inductees were honored in 2011 ...

2012

Career

International referee from 1935 to 1939, he served in major competitions Stats
World Referee * Baltic Cup football 1935 (3 games) *

Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics was won by Italy. After the introduction of the first FIFA World Cup in 1930 (which had, in itself led to the absence of a football tournament from the 1932 Games programme), competing nations would from now ...

(1 match) * Baltic Cup football 1936 (3 games) *

Nordic Football Championship The Nordic Football Championship ( da, Nordisk Mesterskab, no, Nordisk Mesterskap, sv, Nordiska Mästerskapet, fi, Pohjoismaiden-mestaruusturnaus, commonly abbreviated NM or PM) was an international football competition contested by the men's ...

1937-1947 (2 matches)

References

1904 births 1986 deaths IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Sportspeople from Stockholm Swedish football referees Journalists from Stockholm Swedish referees and umpires Swedish sports journalists {{Sweden-icehockey-bio-stub