Jönköpings AIF

Jönköpings AIF
Full nameJönköpings Allmänna Idrottsförening
Short nameJönköpings AIF
Founded30 January 1901 (1901-01-30)
GroundJönköping

Jönköpings AIF was a Swedish sports club in Jönköping active in football and athletics.

History

First Jönköpings AIF

A first Jönköpings AIF was founded 30 January 1901 and had, by the end of its first year, 132 members.[1] Together with the city, the club created the first stadium in Jönköping – Stadsparksvallen on Dunkehalla.[2] In its first year, Lennart Rosengren, won the national athletics championship titles in high jump and grenhopp for the club.[3]

On 30–31 August 1902, Jönköpings AIF organised the 3rd Svenska Gymnastik- och Idrottsförbundets mästerskapstävlingar, which included the 7th Swedish Athletics Championships, the Swedish Football Championship, and the Dicksonpokalen one mile race.[4] In the Swedish Football Championship final, the football team lost to Örgryte IS.[5] Örgryte, who were considered to have practiced more according to Smålands Allehanda, made an early goal and then continued and won by 8–0 in the end.[6]

In 1902, the club took the initiative to found Smålands Idrottsförbund, the first Swedish district sports association.[2]

Jönköpings IS

The club then merged with Jönköpings AIK in 1910 to form Jönköpings IS.[2] Jönköpings IS played football in the 1916–17 second-tier Västsvenska serien against IF Elfsborg, GAIS, IS Halmia, IFK Halmstad, Surte IS, IFK Uddevalla, and IK Wega.[7] They also played in the 1920–21 second-tier Sydsvenska serien against IS Halmia, IFK Helsingborg, Husqvarna IF, Landskrona BoIS, and Malmö FF.[8]

Second Jönköpings AIF

Jönköpings IS merged in 1930 with another Jönköpings AIK to become Jönköpings AIF again.[2] From 1952 to 1956, Gunhild Larking won five national championship titles in high jump for the club.[9] Larking also competed in the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics while at the club.[10] Larking finished fourth in the 1956 high jump event.[11]

In December 1995, the club took up floorball.[12] In 2001, IK Hakarpspojkarna took over the athletics department.

References

  1. ^ "Jönköpings allmänna idrottsförening". Smålands Allehanda. 27 March 1902. p. 3.
  2. ^ a b c d Ljunggren, Adolf (1941). "Jönköping". Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon: uppslagsverk för sport, gymnastik och friluftsliv. Band 4 Hockey–Lahtinen (in Swedish). Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förlag. pp. 631–633.
  3. ^ Wiger, Erik (2006). Svenska mästerskapen i friidrott 1896–2005: medaljörerna, historierna, bilderna : 110 år, 702 SM-arrangemang och 14 500 medaljer (in Swedish). Trångsund: Textograf. pp. 102–103, 121. ISBN 91-631-9065-6.
  4. ^ "Idrottsfest i Jönköping". Stockholms Dagblad. 31 July 1902. p. 3.
  5. ^ "Svenska mästare 1896–25, 1931–". Swedish Football Association.
  6. ^ "Svenska idrottstäflingarne". Smålands Allehanda. 1 September 1902. p. 3.
  7. ^ "Västsvenska Serien". svenskafotbollsklubbar.se.
  8. ^ "Sydsvenska Serien". svenskafotbollsklubbar.se.
  9. ^ Wiger, Erik (2006). Svenska mästerskapen i friidrott 1896–2005: medaljörerna, historierna, bilderna : 110 år, 702 SM-arrangemang och 14 500 medaljer (in Swedish). Trångsund: Textograf. pp. 218–219. ISBN 91-631-9065-6.
  10. ^ "Jönköpings AIF, Jönköping (SWE)". olympedia.org. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Gunhild Larking". Olympedia.
  12. ^ "Jönköpings AIF 1901–1997". Angelfire (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 April 2024.
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