Pyotr Sokolov (footballer)

Russian footballer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroRussian footballer
A.K.A.Pyotr Petrovich Sokolov
A.K.A.Pyotr Petrovich Sokolov
PlacesUnited Kingdom Russia
wasAthlete Football player Association football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth28 February 1891, Saint Petersburg
Death11 May 1971Enköping (aged 80 years)
Star signPisces
The details

Biography

Pyotr Petrovich Sokolov (Russian: Пётр Петрович Соколов, 16 December 1890 (OS)/28 December 1890 (NS) – 11 May 1971) was a Russian football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
He was a member of the Russian Olympic squad and played one match in the main tournament as well as one match in the consolation tournament.
After the Russian Revolution of 1917 he did not accept the Soviet regime. He was recruited by the British investigation service and became a spy. He was sent to Finland, where he tried to struggle against Bolsheviks. After World War II the Soviet counterspionage tried to eliminate him. But he was able to flee to Sweden. He changed his name to Peter Sahlin and remained living in Enköping near Stockholm.

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