Knud Lundberg

Knud Lundberg (14 May 1920 – 12 August 2002) was a Danish multi-talented sportsperson, who most notably won a bronze medal with the Denmark national football team at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He represented the Danish national team in football (soccer), handball and basketball, and he won the Danish national championship in all three disciplines. He played his footballing career at Akademisk Boldklub.

Knud Lundberg
Born(1920-05-14)14 May 1920
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died12 August 2002(2002-08-12) (aged 82)
Gentofte
Association football career
Playing position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1939–1959 AB
National team
1944–1956 Denmark 38 (10)
Teams managed
1971 AB
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Handball career
Senior clubs
Years Team
 Handelsstandens Gymnastikforening
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1940-1956
 Denmark 23 (26)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12 June 2020
Basketball career
Career history
1950-1953Denmark 18 (74 points)[1]
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
1948 London Team competition

In his civil life, Lundberg studied medicine and sports. Along with his athletic career, Lundberg worked as a sports journalist, and he was the first sports editor at the Danish newspaper Dagbladet Information, a sports editor at the social democratic newspaper Aktuelt, editor of the annual Fodbold Jul are among his other editorial posts. After ending his sporting career, he, among other things, was a social democratic regional politician and a writer. The number of books written solely by Lundberg or teaming up with other writers adds up to more than 50 with themes ranging from health to sports and fiction. His writings included the four-volume Dansk Fodbold; a chronicle of Danish football from 1939 to 1989, published for the 100th anniversary of the Danish Football Association.

In the last years of his life, Lundberg suffered from Alzheimer's disease.

References
  1. "Knud Lundberg". Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe (in Danish). January 2016. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.


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