Ernest Bohr

Ernest David Bohr (7 March 1924 – 26 February 2018) was a Danish lawyer and field hockey player who played for Denmark in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Biography Bohr was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark on 7 March 1924,

After the German occupation of Denmark, the Bohr family elected to remain in the country despite the fact that the Nazis considered some family members as Jews because Ernest's grandmother Ellen Adler was Jewish. Niels believed he could do the most good by staying in Denmark, but in September 1943 he received word that he would be arrested and brought to Germany. The family then fled to Sweden. Margrethe and the three younger boys remained in Sweden until the war was over.

Bohr played field hockey for Denmark in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. The competition consisted of a group stage in which three groups played each other in round robin fashion, with the top team on Groups A and B and the top two teams in Group C advancing to the semi-finals. Bohr played in two games. In the first game, at The Polytechnic Stadium at Chiswick on 3 August 1948, the Danish team played Pakistan, one of the strongest teams, and was badly beaten, 9-0. In Denmark's next game, on 5 August at the same ground, the team did better against Belgium, fighting back from being 2-0 at half time to lose 2-1. The Danish team came 13th in the completion, drawing its game against France and losing its other three games, and came bottom of Group C. It did not advance to the semi-finals.

Olympic results Source: The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad Key: Pld - Played W - won D - drew L - lost GF - goals for GA - goals against Pts - points

+Men's Hockey - Ernest Bohr, London 1948 Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit Rank Date Result GP G 1948 Summer 24 London Hockey Denmark DEN Final Standings 13 31 July 1948 2 0 1948 Summer 24 London Hockey Denmark DEN Group C Match No. 5 2 3 August 1948 PAK 9, DEN 0 1948 Summer 24 London Hockey Denmark DEN Group C Match No. 8 2 5 August 1948 BEL 2, DEN 1

Source: Ernest Bohr Biography and Olympic results Key: GP - games played G - goals