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{{short description|Swedish footballer}}
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| fullname = Knut Kroon
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|6|19}}
| birth_place = [[Sweden]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|2|27|1906|6|19}}
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| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
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| clubs1 = [[Helsingborgs IF]]
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'''Knut "Knutte" Kroon''' (19 June 1906 – 27 February 1975) was a Swedish [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]].

Kroon was born in [[Helsingborg|Hälsingborg]], and began his career with [[Stattena IF]]. In 1925, he moved to the nearby club [[Helsingborgs IF]] where he made 516 appearances and scored 318 goals. Kroon won [[Allsvenskan]] five times with the club, and retired from his career in 1942.

He made 35 appearances in the national team (1925–1934) and was a member of the team in [[1934 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Knut Kroon - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se./spelarfakta/knut-kroon/50b4e30b-1026-4f55-9d5f-7ccc686bf3b3|access-date=2020-12-14|website=www.svenskfotboll.se.|language=sv|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110193504/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/knut-kroon/50b4e30b-1026-4f55-9d5f-7ccc686bf3b3/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He scored the winning goal (3-2) in the first round against [[Argentina]]. Some sources consider him as the first goalscorer in the history of [[FIFA World Cup qualification|World Cup preliminary competition]], when Sweden scored against Estonia 7 minutes into the game on 11 June 1933, in Stockholm. Some other sources consider this goal was scored by Estonian goalkeeper [[Evald Tipner]], thus being an own goal.

[[File:Knut Kroon.jpg|thumb|1930 sports card featuring Kroon]]

He was also part of Sweden's squad at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]], but he did not play in any matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/700680 |title=Knut Kroon |work=Olympedia |access-date=23 September 2021}}</ref>

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{{Sweden Squad 1934 World Cup}}
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[[Category:1906 births]]
[[Category:1975 deaths]]
[[Category:Swedish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Sweden men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1934 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Helsingborgs IF players]]
[[Category:Allsvenskan players]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Footballers from Helsingborg]]
[[Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen]]
[[Category:Stattena IF players]]


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