Helge Ekroth

August Helge "Ekis" Ekroth (26 February 1892 – 29 November 1950) was a Swedish football (soccer) and bandy player. He competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He played as forward in one match in the main tournament. He won the Swedish league four times (1911, 1914, 1916 and 1923). That makes him the only football player in AIK with four national league titles.[1] He scored 10 goals in 18 international games for Sweden.[2]

Helge Ekroth
Gustav Sandberg at the 1912 Olympics
Personal information
Born26 February 1892
Stallarholmen, Sweden
Died29 November 1950 (aged 58)
Stockholm, Sweden
Sport
SportFootball
ClubAIK, Solna

References

  1. Helge Ekroth Archived 21 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. "Helge Ekroth - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 December 2020.


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