Ebbe Schwartz

Ebbe Schwartz
Ebbe Schwartz
1st President of UEFA
	In office; 22 June 1954 – 17 April 1962
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Gustav Wiederkehr
Personal details
Born	3 May 1901; Frederiksberg, Denmark
Died	19 October 1964 (aged 63); Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Occupation	Football administrator
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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 (DBU).^[1]
He served as the first 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]

^ "DBU's formænd" (in Danish). Danish Football Association Funen. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b "About UEFA - Past presidents". UEFA. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ Manzenreiter, Wolfram (2013). Governance, Citizenship and the New European Football Championships: The European Spectacle. Routledge. p. 18. ISBN 9781317988779.

Preceded by Office created	President of UEFA 1954–1962	Succeeded by Gustav Wiederkehr

Ebbe Schwartz

1st President of UEFA
In office 22 June 1954 – 17 April 1962
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Gustav Wiederkehr

Personal details
Born	(1901-05-03)3 May 1901 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Died	19 October 1964(1964-10-19) (aged 63) Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Occupation	Football administrator

v t e Presidents of UEFA
Ebbe Schwartz (1954–1962) Gustav Wiederkehr (1962–1972) Sándor Barcs (1972–1973, acting) Artemio Franchi (1973–1983) Jacques Georges (1983–1990) Lennart Johansson (1990–2007) Michel Platini (2007–2015) Ángel María Villar (2015–2016, acting) Aleksander Čeferin (2016–present)
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