Full name | Ivan Henning Hjalmar Eklind | ||
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Born |
Stockholm, Sweden | 15 October 1905||
Died |
23 July 1981 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 75)||
International | |||
Years | League | Role | |
1931–1951 | FIFA listed | Referee |
Ivan Henning Hjalmar Eklind (15 October 1905 – 23 July 1981) was a football referee from Sweden best known for officiating the 1934 FIFA World Cup final between Italy and Czechoslovakia in Rome.[1] He is the youngest referee, to this day, to officiate a FIFA World Cup final at the age of 28.