Ellert Schram

Ellert Björgvinsson Schram (born 10 October 1939) is an Icelandic former footballer and politician.

Football career

At club level Ellert played as a forward for Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur and competed at the 1966–67 European Cup, scoring two goals against FC Nantes.^[1] He played in the Icelandic top-tier league from 1957 to 1971, scoring 62 goals.^[2]He won the Icelandic Football Cup 7 times with KR from 1960 to 1967.^[3] He was captain of Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur when they played Liverpool FC in August 1964 which was Liverpools first ever European game losing 5-1 and 11-1 overall on aggregate.^[4]

Ellert was part of the Iceland national football team between 1959 and 1970. He played 23 matches, scoring 6 goals.

He was the manager of KR during the 1973 season.^[5]

After his playing days where over, Ellert served as the chairman of the Football Association of Iceland from 1973 to 1989.^[6] He served as a member of Alþingi for the Independence Party, from 1971 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1987, and for the Social Democratic Alliance from 2007 to 2009.^[7]

^ "KR-ingar fengu góða dóma fyrir leik sinn í Nantes". Vísir (in Icelandic). 12 October 1966. pp. 2, 5. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
^ Valur Páll Eiríksson (31 July 2018). "Óskar Örn bætti markamet Ellerts B. Schram". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 March 2019.
^ "Einn tapleikur í átta ár". Vísir (in Icelandic). 24 October 1967. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
^ @OldLFC_Colour (7 March 2022). "Ron Yeats shakes hands with Reykjavik captain Ellert Schram ahead of the Reds' 1st-ever game in European competitio…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Sex af átta liðum 1. deildar með erlenda þjálfara að sumri?". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 11 October 1973. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
^ "Formenn KSÍ frá upphafi". ksi.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
^ Egill Helgason (11 December 2018). "Maðurinn sem kemur alltaf aftur í þingið". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 March 2019.