Ellert Schram
{{Short description|Icelandic footballer and politician (1939–2025)}}
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{{Icelandic name|Ellert}}
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| name = Ellert Schram
| office = 6th Chairman of KSÍ
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| predecessor = Albert Guðmundsson
| successor = Eggert Magnússon
| term_start = 1973
| term_end = 1989
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| office2 = 5th President of ÍSÍ
| predecessor2 = Sveinn Björnsson
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| successor2 = Ólafur Rafnsson
| term_start2 = 1991
| term_end2 = 2006
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1939|10|10}}
| birth_place = Reykjavík, Kingdom of Iceland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2025|01|24|1939|10|10}}
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| spouse = Anna G. Ásgeirsdóttir (divorced)
Ágústa Jóhannsdóttir
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| children = 6
| parents = Aldís Þorbjörg Brynjólfsdóttir
Björgvin Schram
| relatives = Arna Schram (daughter)
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| alma_mater = University of Iceland
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| fullname = Ellert Björgvinsson Schram
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| position = Forward
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| years1 = 1957–1971 |clubs1 = KR |caps1 = |goals1 = 62
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| manageryears1 = 1973 | managerclubs1 = KR
| nationalyears1 = 1960–1970 | nationalteam1 = Iceland | nationalcaps1 = 23 | nationalgoals1 = 6
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Ellert Björgvinsson Schram (10 October 1939 – 24 January 2025) was an Icelandic footballer and politician.{{cite news |author1=Jakob Bjarnar Grétarsson |title=Ellert B. Schram er fallinn frá |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20252679822d/ellert-b.-schram-er-fallinn-fra |access-date=24 January 2025 |work=Vísir.is |date=24 January 2025 |language=Icelandic}}{{cite news |title=Andlát: Ellert B. Schram |url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2025/01/24/andlat_ellert_b_schram/ |access-date=24 January 2025 |work=Morgunblaðið |date=24 January 2025 |language=Icelandic}}
Football career
=Club=
At club level Ellert played as a forward for Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur and competed at the 1966–67 European Cup, scoring two goals against FC Nantes.{{cite news |title=KR-ingar fengu góða dóma fyrir leik sinn í Nantes |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=2387784 |accessdate=18 March 2019 |work=Vísir |date=12 October 1966 |pages=2, 5 |language=Icelandic}} He played in the Icelandic top-tier league from 1957 to 1971, scoring 62 goals.{{cite news |author1=Valur Páll Eiríksson |title=Óskar Örn bætti markamet Ellerts B. Schram |url=http://www.ruv.is/frett/oskar-orn-baetti-markamet-ellerts-b-schram |accessdate=26 March 2019 |work=RÚV |date=31 July 2018 |language=Icelandic}}
He won the Icelandic Football Cup seven times with KR from 1960 to 1967.{{cite news |title=Einn tapleikur í átta ár |url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=2393948 |accessdate=18 March 2019 |work=Vísir |date=24 October 1967 |language=Icelandic}} He was captain of Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur when they played Liverpool in August 1964 which was Liverpool's first ever European game. KR lost the first game 5–1 and lost 11–1 on aggregate.{{cite tweet|number=1500807662791020548|user=OldLFC_Colour|title=Ron Yeats shakes hands with Reykjavik captain Ellert Schram ahead of the Reds' 1st-ever game in European competitio…|date=7 March 2022}}
=International=
Ellert was part of the Iceland national football team between 1959 and 1970. He played 23 matches, scoring 6 goals.
=Managerial career=
=Honours=
- Icelandic championships: 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968
- Icelandic Football Cup (7): 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967
Political career
After his playing days were over, Ellert served as the chairman of the Football Association of Iceland from 1973 to 1989.{{cite web |title=Formenn KSÍ frá upphafi |url=http://gamli.ksi.is/um-ksi/Formenn/ |website=ksi.is |publisher=Football Association of Iceland |accessdate=18 March 2019 |language=Icelandic}} He served as a member of Alþingi for the Independence Party, from 1971 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1987, and for the Social Democratic Alliance from 2007 to 2009.{{cite news |author1=Egill Helgason |title=Maðurinn sem kemur alltaf aftur í þingið |url=https://eyjan.dv.is/eyjan/2018/12/11/ellert-b-schram-madurinn-sem-kemur-alltaf-aftur-thingid/ |accessdate=18 March 2019 |work=Dagblaðið Vísir |date=11 December 2018 |language=Icelandic}}
Personal life
Ellert´s biological son is Arnar Þór Jónsson.
Death
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1945449}}
- [https://www.althingi.is/altext/cv/is/?nfaerslunr=141 Biography] at Alþingi
- {{KSÍ player|12201}}
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Category:Members of the Althing
Category:21st-century Icelandic politicians
Category:Independence Party (Iceland) politicians
Category:Icelandic men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur players
Category:Iceland men's international footballers
Category:Icelandic people with family names
Category:20th-century Icelandic sportsmen
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