Leo Dannin Explained

Leo Dannin
Birth Date:26 March 1898
Birth Place:Copenhagen, Denmark
Death Place:Frederiksberg, Denmark
Nationalteam1:Denmark
Nationalcaps1:9
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears1:1920–1922

Leo Dannin (26 March 1898  - 15 September 1971) was a Danish footballer who played for Kjøbenhavns Boldklub.[1] He represented Denmark in the men's tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Denmark were eliminated in the preliminary round.[2]

International career

Dannin made his debut for Denmark on 5 April 1920 in a 2–0 defeat to Netherlands. Later that year, he was part of his country's squad at the 1920 Olympic Football Tournament. Denmark was eliminated in the first round against Spain and finished as the ninth-best team of the 13 participants.[3] Dannin played a total of nine times for Denmark, with his final match being played in April 1922 against the Netherlands.[4]

Notes

  1. Web site: Leo Dannin . Olympedia . 16 August 2021.
  2. Leo Dannin Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418104809/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/leo-dannin-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 1 October 2018.
  3. 15 teams were supposed to participate in the tournament, with hosts and eventual winners Belgium receiving a bye to the second round. Czechoslovakia, the other finalists, forfeited their points due to controversy in the final. Switzerland withdrew before the tournament began.
  4. Web site: DBU . Landsholdsdatabasen . 2023-10-13 . DBU . DA.