Anton Johanson (sometimes spelled Johansson) (28 January 1877 – 24 December 1952) was a Swedish

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player and manager as well as a pioneer in

Swedish football Association football is the most popular sport in Sweden, with over 240,000 licensed players (approximately 56,000 women and 184,000 men) with another 240,000 youth players. There are around 3,200 active clubs fielding over 8,500 teams, whic ...

. He played for IFK Köping and

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during his career. He was one of the founders of the

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, of which he also was secretary from 1905 to 1922 and chairman from 1923 to 1937. He was part of the

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board from 1932 to 1938.

References

* Alsiö, Martin, Frantz, Alf, Lindahl, Jimmy & Persson, Gunnar (2004). ''100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken.'' Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Johanson, Anton 1877 births 1952 deaths Swedish men's footballers Swedish football chairmen and investors Swedish football managers Sweden men's national football team managers IFK Stockholm players Chairmen of the Swedish Football Association Men's association football players not categorized by position People from Köping Municipality Footballers from Västmanland County