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Arvid Thörn

アルヴィド・テルン　/　あるゔぃど・てるん

Association football player from Sweden

February 13, 1911 – December 2, 1986　・　Grängesberg, Dalarna County, Sweden

Dalarna County
association football player

My Take

Arvid Thörn moves me precisely because so little of him survives in the record. A Swedish forward born in 1911 who represented his country at the 1934 World Cup, he competed when football was still becoming the global game we know, in the grainy black-and-white age. From the small town of Grängesberg he rose through IFK Grängesberg and Örebro SK all the way to the national team. The data is thin, but that is the point: a real young man once ran his heart out on those pitches. He died in 1986, and I think footballers who shone in history's quiet corners deserve to be kept in memory.

Overview

Arvid Thörn (13 February 1911 – 2 December 1986) was a Swedish footballer who played as a forward for Sweden in the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He also played for IFK Grängesberg and Örebro SK.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Arvid Thörn
Name (Japanese): アルヴィド・テルン
Reading: あるゔぃど・てるん
Born: February 13, 1911 – December 2, 1986
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Boar
Origin: Grängesberg, Dalarna County, Sweden
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B3

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