Robert Carrick

Robert Carrick (* 1873; † 1957) was a British-Swedish sportsman and sportsman. He is considered one of the pioneers of modern sport in Sweden. In 2009 he was admitted to the SFS Hall Of Fame because of his merits for Swedish football. Edit your careerQuelltext

Born in England, Carrick came to Gävle as a child, as his father settled there professionally. After finishing his school career in England, he returned to Sweden at the end of the 1880s to work in his father's business. After working as an auditor for the Gefleborg Enskilda Bank, he founded his own company for wood products in 1912. In addition, a brickworks and an insurance company Skandia operated a broker's office.

Carrick joined Gefle IF at the beginning of the 1890s and joined the club, where he was a member from 1891 onwards, in various sports. In athletics, gymnastics, skiing, ice skating, speeding, rowing, sailing and cycling, he soon became one of Sweden's best athletes, winning over 100 meters and 110 meters of hurdles. In the middle of the decade he was one of the initiators of a football team at the club. As head of the team, he established modern training methods and led them to a three-time triumph in the Rosenska Cup, between 1899 and 1902, one of the most important football competitions in Sweden at that time. In the first games of 1905 and 1906 he reached the semi-finals of Svenska Mästerskapet with the team.

Until 1928, he belonged to the executive board of Gefle IF. Between 1903 and 1908 he was also on the board of the Riksidrottsförbundet. In 1922 he took over the office of the British vice-consul in Gävle. Weblinks Edit sourcetext

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