Erik Persson (19 November 1909 – 1 February 1989) was a Swedish

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...

forward who played for AIK. He also played for Team Sweden at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-s ...

, and at the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, be ...

in France.1938 FIFA World Cup France
His brother was boxer Harry Persson.

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* 1909 births 1989 deaths Swedish footballers Sweden international footballers Association football forwards AIK Fotboll players 1938 FIFA World Cup players AIK Fotboll managers Allsvenskan players AIK IF players Olympic footballers of Sweden Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Swedish football managers {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub