Knud Bastrup-Birk
Personal information
Date of birth (1919-12-12)12 December 1919
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death 25 August 1973(1973-08-25) (aged 53)
Place of death Gentofte, Denmark
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
AB
International career
1943–1951 Denmark 18 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Denmark
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1948 London Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Knud Bastrup-Birk (12 December 1919 – 25 August 1973) was a Danish amateur footballer who played 18 games for the Denmark national football team.[1]

Bastrup-Birk was born in Gentofte and played club football for Akademisk Boldklub (AB).[2]

Bastrup-Birk was a talented boxer, a good rower, and an excellent 100 m sprinter and long jumper. He played as a full-back, but his footballing style was ahead of its time. He played almost as an attack-minded libero, dribbling and passing the ball upfield when he had dispossessed an opposing player, but the attacking fashion was criticized by the leaders of both AB and the national team.[3] He made his international debut in 1943, but due to injury, he was an unused substitute in the Danish team that won bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[4] He played his last game for Denmark in 1951.[1]

Honours

Denmark

References

  1. ^ a b "Landsholdsdatabasen". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Profile". haslund.info. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  3. ^ Lundberg, Knud (1986). Dansk Fodbold. Vol. 1. Fra Breslau til Bronceholdet. Copenhagen: Rhodos. pp. 114–115. ISBN 87-7245-132-7.
  4. ^ "Knud Bastrup-Birk". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Herrernes OL-hold fra 1948". DBU (in Danish). Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
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