Ernst Hodell

Biographical information

RolesReferee
SexMale
Full nameErnst Algot•Hodell
Used nameErnst•Hodell
Born21 February 1885 in Stockholm, Stockholm (SWE)
Died11 November 1969 (aged 84 years 8 months 18 days) in Göteborg (Gothenburg), Västra Götaland (SWE)
NOC Sweden

Biography

Born in Stockholm’s Solna district, Ernst Hodell later lived in Göteborg. He acted as a referee in Swedish league matches from 1907-12. In 1915, went to the United States for the first time and then moved to Åmål in Central Sweden and was employed as a railway officer. From 1926, he worked in New York as an engineer. He returned to Sweden several times and eventually died in Göteborg’s Nylöse neighbourhood.

Referee

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Phase Unit Role As
1912 Summer Olympics Football (Football) SWE Ernst Hodell
Football, Men (Olympic) Match #2 Great Britain — Hungary Linesman