Thor Ericsson (9 October 1885 – 20 April 1975) was a Swedish
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. He represented
Örgryte IS with whom he won three
Swedish Championships. He made four appearances for the
Sweden national team between 1908 and 1910.
His name is sometimes spelled as Thor Eriksson.
Honours
Örgryte IS
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Swedish Champion:
1906
Events
January–February
* January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...
,
1907
Events
January
* January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000.
February
* February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...
,
1909
Events
January–February
* January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.
* January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama.
* Januar ...
References
External links
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1885 births
1975 deaths
Footballers from Gothenburg
Swedish men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Sweden men's international footballers
Örgryte IS players
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