Ludvig Drescher (21 July 1881 in
Sønderborg
(; german: Sonderburg ) is a Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Sønderborg Municipality (Kommune). The town has a population of 27,766 (1 January 2022),[Copenhagen
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) was a Danish amateur
footballer
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in the
goalkeeper
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position. He played four games for the
Denmark national football team, and won a
silver medal at the
1908 Summer Olympics.
He played his entire senior career with
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub or KB is a Danish sports club based in Copenhagen. The club was founded 26 April 1876 on the grassy fields in outer Copenhagen which later became Fælledparken.
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, with whom he won the 1913
Danish football champions
The Danish football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in Denmark. The title has been contested since 1913, in a varying form of competitions. Since 1991, the winners have been found through the Danish Superliga championsh ...
hip.
Drescher took part in the first official Danish national team game, played at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was the starting goalkeeper in all three Danish games at the
1908 Olympic football tournament, as Denmark won
silver medals. He played his fourth and last Danish national team game in May 1910. Drescher was once again selected for the Danish squad at the
1912 Summer Olympics. He was an unused reserve player throughout the games, and did not receive a medal, as Denmark won silver again in the
1912 Olympic football tournament.
References
External links
Danish national team profile
1881 births
1917 deaths
Association football goalkeepers
Danish footballers
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub players
Denmark international footballers
Olympic footballers of Denmark
Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Denmark
People from Sønderborg Municipality
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark
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