Erling Walther Sørensen (29 October 1920 – 10 October 2002) was a
Danish
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amateur
football player and club manager, who won a
bronze medal with the
Denmark national football team
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at the
1948 Summer Olympics.
Sørensen played professionally in the
Italian
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Serie A
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championship for six years, scoring 48 goals in 169 matches for Italian clubs
Modena F.C.,
Udinese Calcio
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and
U.S. Triestina
Unione Sportiva Triestina Calcio 1918, commonly referred to as Triestina, is an Italian football club based in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Originally founded in 1918, the club has been re-established several times in its history. As of the ...
.
Sørensen was known to have good a technique and a graceful style of playing, thus earning the
nickname
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The
Ballet Master. In his civil life, Sørensen worked as a
city hall
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porter,
tobacconist
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and
hospital porter.
Honours
*
Danish Football Championships: 1940-41 and 1943–44 with Frem
References
External links
*
RSSSF - Danish players in Italyat
RSSSF
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1920 births
2002 deaths
Danish men's footballers
Denmark men's international footballers
Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Denmark
Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark
Danish expatriate men's footballers
Boldklubben Frem players
RC Strasbourg Alsace players
Modena FC 2018 players
Udinese Calcio players
US Triestina Calcio 1918 players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Ligue 1 players
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Danish football managers
Boldklubben Frem managers
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Men's association football midfielders
Fremad Amager managers
Footballers from Copenhagen
Danish expatriate sportspeople in France
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
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