Emil Jørgensen

Danish footballer (1882-1947)

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Emil Jørgensen

Jørgensen with Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Personal information

Full name

Emil Ludvig Peter Jørgensen

Date of birth

(1882-02-07)7 February 1882

Place of birth

Gentofte, Denmark

Date of death

23 March 1947(1947-03-23) (aged 65)

Place of death

Gentofte, Denmark

Position(s)

Midfielder

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

0000–1901

ØB

1901–1917

B.93

115

(11)

International career

1911–1912

Denmark

(1)

Medal record

Men's Football

	1912 Stockholm	Team Competition

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.^[1]

Biography

Jørgensen was an energetic and strong half back, with a knack for going on the offensive to shoot from the distance.^[2] He represented Danish clubs ØB and B 93.^[2]

He made his Danish national team debut in October 1911.^[3] 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.^[2] He played two matches in the tournament, and scored one goal as Denmark defeated the Netherlands 4-1 in the semi-final.^[4] 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.^[3]

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.^[2] During his active career, Jørgensen took the job of unpaid secretary of the Copenhagen Football Association in 1915, a position he kept until his death in 1947.^[2]