Henry From

Henry From

Henry From in 1957
Personal information
Full name	Henry Petersen From
Date of birth	1 June 1926
Place of birth	Aarhus, Denmark
Date of death	31 August 1990(1990-08-31) (aged 64)
Place of death	Aarhus, Denmark
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–61	AGF	277	(0)
International career
1951	Denmark u-21	3	(0)
1957–1961	Denmark	31	(0)
Managerial career
1965–1966	AGF
1967–1969	Denmark
1975	AGF
Medal record Representing Denmark Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Petersen From (1 June 1926 – 31 August 1990) was a Danish association football goalkeeper. He played 31 games for the Denmark national football team, and won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He spent his entire club career at AGF Aarhus, with whom he won four Danish football championships and four Danish Cups.

Biography

Born in Aarhus, From started playing football with Aarhus Gymnastik Forening (AGF). He was a reserve goalkeeper at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but did not play there. From was a stalwart goalkeeper in the AGF team which won the Danish championship three consecutive seasons (1955 to 1957), as well as the 1955 and 1957 Danish Cup trophies. He made his debut on the Denmark national team in May 1957, and quickly established himself as Denmark's leading goalkeeper.

From was the starting goalkeeper when Denmark won silver medals at the 1960 Olympic football tournament. In the semi-finals against Hungary, Denmark were leading 1–0 when Hungary were awarded a penalty kick. As he readied himself for the penalty kick, From spat his chewing gum out, and stuck it to the goalpost. He saved Hungarian player Pal Varhidi's shot, took the chewing gum in his mouth again, and Denmark went on to win the game 2–0.

From won a third Danish championship with AGF in 1960, as well as two further Danish Cup trophies in 1960 and 1961. On the international stage, he helped AGF reach the quarter-finals of the 1961 European Cup, where they were defeated by S.L. Benfica from Portugal. He played his last Denmark national team game in May 1961, before ending his national team career after 31 games.

From 1968 to 1969, From was the coach of the Denmark national team in 20 games. He collaborated with Erik Hansen, and later John Hansen. From was the coach, while the two others alternated as team managers.

Bibliography

• "From klarer", memoirs (1961)

External links

• Henry From national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
• DBUs landstrænere i perioden 1967–69 (DBU's national coaches in the period 1967-69) at the Danish Football Association at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 September 2007) (in Danish)