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Ernst Thommen

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Ernst Thommen
Acting FIFA President
In office
25 March 1961 – 28 September 1961 (interim)
Preceded byArthur Drewry
Succeeded byStanley Rous
Personal details
Born(1899-01-23)23 January 1899
Basel, Switzerland
Died14 May 1967(1967-05-14) (aged 68)
Muttenz, Switzerland
OccupationSports administrator

Ernst B. Thommen (23 January 1899 – 14 May 1967) was the acting (interim) FIFA president from March 1961 to 28 September 1961. He spent 6 months in office, succeeding Arthur Drewry who died in office.[1][2][3]

Thommen contested for the president position when he was the acting president, but lost in the first round voting to Stanley Rous. In the second round he withdrew from contesting.[4]

Thommen was a FIFA member from Switzerland. He had served as chairman of the Organising Committee during the 1954, 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups.[5][6]

Thommen died in 1967 in a car accident.[7]

Notes

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  1. ^ "FIFA presidential election results from 1904 to 2015". Reuters. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. ^ "FACTBOX-Soccer-FIFA presidential elections since 1904". Pulse Nigeria. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  3. ^ agencies, swissinfo ch and. "Infantino elected FIFA president". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  4. ^ Darby, Paul (8 October 2013). Africa, Football and FIFA: Politics, Colonialism and Resistance. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-29834-0.
  5. ^ MBA, Okyere Bonna (22 August 2006). Ghana, the Rediscovered Soccer Might: Watch out World!. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4628-0674-4.
  6. ^ FIFA.com. "Welcome to FIFA.com News - History of FIFA - 50th Anniversary". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.[dead link]
  7. ^ "Der einflussreichste Schweizer Sportfunktionär" [The most influential Swiss sports official]. Swiss Football Association (in German). 21 August 2013. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

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