Pauli Jørgensen

Born in Frederiksberg, Jørgensen played all of his club football within the Copenhagen area. His parents moved to Amager, where he began playing youth football for B 1908 in 1916. While playing for B 1908, the young Pauli watched an exhibition match between local Amager players and players from BK Frem, and was very impressed by the play of Frem's Danish internationals Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen and Sophus Hansen. He moved to the youth team of BK Frem in 1918, where he played alongside later internationals Kaj Uldaler and Knud Christoffersen. Then followed a stint at Amager club BK Fix from 1920 to 1923, when he was studying to become a car mechanic. Jørgensen found his way back to Frem in 1924. This was to be his only club for the rest of his playing career. Two weeks after his return, Jørgensen made his debut for the senior BK Frem team and scored two goals as Frem beat KFUMs Boldklub 4–2. Frem was a working man's club which played in the yearly Copenhagen Championships as well as the Copenhagen Cup. Under coach Axel A. Byrval, Pauli established himself in the Frem team which won the 1925 Copenhagen Cup, beating Akademisk Boldklub (AB) 5–1 in the final. Frem also won the Copenhagen Cup in 1927. The winner of the Copenhagen Championship went on to play the best team from the rest of Denmark for the title of Danish champion. In the first years with Pauli in the team, Frem's best finish was a 3rd place in the 1925–26 Copenhagen Championship. In 1927, a nationwide competition…

Jørgensen made his international debut for the Denmark national team on 27 September 1925, in a friendly match against Finland played in Aarhus. The Danish team selection was marked by several Copenhagen clubs having withdrawn their players in order to play club matches on the same day, and Jørgensen was one of five players making their debut. He took advantage of the opportunity given. Denmark were trailing 3–1 by the half-time break, when he scored two goals in the second half for a 3–3 final score. The Finland game was also the last international game of centre forward Poul "Tist" Nielsen, who held a double record of 38 games played and 52 goals scored for the Danish national team. On 30 October 1927, Jørgensen made his breakthrough in the national team, with a goal in the 3–1 win against Norway. Pauli was offered a professional contract with English club Huddersfield in 1928, but he eventually rejected the offer, part of the reason being that, like all professional players, he would be banned from representing the amateur-only Danish national team. From June 1928 to 1934, Jørgensen played all 26 Danish international games in a row, scoring 29 goals. This included securing the 1924–28 Nordic Football Championship title for Denmark on 7 October 1928, when he scored the second Danish goal of the 3–1 victory against Sweden; the de facto final of the tournament. His importance for Denmark was most evident in the four games of 1930, in which he scored one goal in a 6–1 win…

Jørgensen played in the centre forward position and had a likening of shooting on goal with half-volleyed shots. He was of small stature.

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jørgensen goal.