John Bernhard Bechmann Jensen (13 May 1937 – 6 September 2012) was a Danish
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a
forward. He made four appearances for the
Denmark national team from 1957 to 1958. He was also named in Denmark's squad for the
qualification tournament for the
1958 FIFA World Cup
The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the 6th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first and only FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country.
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He spent his entire career at
AGF, playing alongside his brother
Erik Jensen.
Honours
AGF
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Danish 1st Division
The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991, the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the for ...
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1955–56,
1956–57,
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events January
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Danish Cup
The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955.
The winner will ...
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1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61
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1937 births
2012 deaths
20th-century Danish sportsmen
Danish men's footballers
Footballers from Aarhus
Men's association football forwards
Denmark men's international footballers
Denmark men's youth international footballers
Danish 1st Division players
Aarhus Gymnastikforening players
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