Ebbe Schwartz
1st President of UEFA
In office
22 June 1954 – 17 April 1962
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byGustav Wiederkehr
Personal details
Born(1901-05-03)3 May 1901
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Died19 October 1964(1964-10-19) (aged 63)
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
OccupationFootball administrator

Ebbe Schwartz (3 May 1901 – 19 October 1964) was a Danish football administrator.

Career

  • From 1950 until 1964 he was president of the Danish Football Association (the DBU).[1]
  • He served as UEFA President (1954–1962).[2][3]
  • From 1962 until 1964 he was a member of the executive committee and vice-president of the world football federation FIFA.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "DBU's formænd" (in Danish). Danish Football Association Funen. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "About UEFA - Past presidents". UEFA. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Manzenreiter, Wolfram (2013). Governance, Citizenship and the New European Football Championships: The European Spectacle. Routledge. p. 18. ISBN 9781317988779.
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