Photo: Coralli / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Persson belongs to a vanishing breed that genuinely fascinates me: the multi-sport athlete from a less specialized age. A Swede who played football, ice hockey, and bandy, he starred as a forward for AIK and represented his country at both the 1936 Olympics and the 1938 World Cup. That kind of seasonal versatility is almost unthinkable today. Add in a boxer brother, Harry Persson, and you have a portrait of an athletic family from a rougher, more romantic era of sport. I'm less interested in his statistics than in the sheer breadth of his career, which speaks to a different way of being an athlete.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Erik Persson
- Name (Japanese)
- エリク・ペーション
- Reading
- えりく・ぺーしょん
- Born
- November 19, 1909 – February 1, 1989
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rooster
- Origin
- Sankt Matteus, Stockholm County, Sweden
- Occupation
- association football player / ice hockey player / bandy player / association football coach
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Erik Persson born?
November 19, 1909 – February 1, 1989.
Where is Erik Persson from?
Erik Persson is from Sankt Matteus, Stockholm County, Sweden.
What does Erik Persson do?
Erik Persson works as association football player, ice hockey player, bandy player, association football coach.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.