About Emil Jørgensen
Lived 1882 – 1947 (aged 65). Emil Jørgensen was a Danish association football player.
Emil Ludvig Peter Jørgensen (7 February 1882 in Gentofte – 23 March 1947 in Gentofte) was a Danish amateur football player and administrator. He played four games for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Biography Jørgensen was an energetic and strong half back, with a knack for going on the offensive to shoot from the distance.
He made his Danish national team debut in October 1911. He was part of the Danish team, which won the silver medal in the football tournament of the 1912 Summer Olympics. He had trouble getting the days off at his everyday workplace in the Copenhagen tax office, so Jørgensen missed the first Danish game of the tournament. Jørgensen and Denmark lost the final to Great Britain. His last international game came in October 1912, and all in all, Jørgensen played four games and scored one goal for Denmark.
With B 93, he won the club's first Danish football championship in 1916. He ended his career in 1917, having played 115 games and scored 11 goals for B 93 since his debut in 1901. During his active career, Jørgensen took the job of unpaid secretary of the Copenhagen Football Association in 1915, a position he kept until he died in 1947.
He was also in the Danish national team selection committee, which job it was to choose the roster for the national team. Additionally, he was a youth coach at B.93.
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Who was Emil Jørgensen?
Danish footballer (1882-1947)
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Emil Jørgensen was born on 7 February 1882 in Copenhagen.
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Emil Jørgensen died on 23 March 1947 in Dyssegård.
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Emil Jørgensen was an association football player.
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Emil Jørgensen was Danish.
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