Arne Eriksson Explained

Arne Eriksson
Full Name:	Aarne Eriksson
Birth Date:	15 January 1916
Birth Place:	Jakobstad, Finland
Internationalyears1:	1955–1958
Confederation1:	FIFA
Internationalrole1:	Referee

Aarne (Arne) Eriksson (15 January 1916 – 1 August 1983)^[1] was a Finnish football referee. He was born in Jakobstad. He was a FIFA international referee from 1955 to 1958.^[2]

Eriksson is known for supervising one match in the 1958 World Cup and assisting another.^[3] Arne Eriksson along with Tapio Yli-Karro are the only Finnish referees appointed to the World Cup finals so far.

International matches

Date	Result	Assignment
11 September 1955	align=center	1–1	Referee
15 June 1958	align=center	4–0	Referee
17 June 1958	align=center	2–1	Assistant referee

References

Web site: Aarne (Julle) Eriksson. 30 July 2021. Suomen Sukututkimusseura. fi. 30 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210730075413/http://haudat.genealogia.fi/php/haudat1f.php?coun=fi&lang=fi&code=299&id=3932. dead.
Web site: Arne Eriksson . FootballDatabase.eu . 15 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170730015456/http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.arbitres.arne.eriksson.1180.en.html . 30 July 2017.
Web site: 1958 FIFA World Cup . FIFA.com . 15 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090123034239/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D15/results/index.html . 23 January 2009.