Asbjørn Halvorsen
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 3 December 1898 | ||
Place of birth | Sarpsborg, Norway | ||
Date of death | 16 January 1955 | (aged 56)||
Place of death | Narvik, Norway | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1917–1921 | Sarpsborg FK | ||
1922–1934 | Hamburger SV | ||
International career | |||
1918–1923 | Norway | 19 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1933 | Hamburger SV | ||
1936–1940 | Norway | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Asbjørn Halvorsen (3 December 1898 – 16 January 1955), nicknamed Assi, was a
Personal life
Halvorsen was born in Sarpsborg, the son of baker Christian Halvorsen and Jakobine Dorthea Thronsen. He established himself as a ship broker in Hamburg, and his first marriage was with a German citizen. He married for a second time in 1951 with Sigrid Helga Willadsen.[2]
Playing career
Halvorsen was a centre-half who played 19 times for the
Manager career
He returned to his home country in 1934, and was hired as secretary of the
With Halvorsen at the helm, Norway won the bronze medals at the 1936 Olympics, and qualified for the 1938 World Cup. This was Norway's first and only appearance in the World Cup finals until the 1990s.
World War II
During the war, Halvorsen was one of the figureheads of the Norwegian sports boycott. Practically all organized sport ceased its operations during the German occupation, and as a result, Halvorsen was arrested and placed in a
Post war
After the war, Halvorsen continued working for the NFF, with the title of Secretary General, until his death in 1955.[2] He was a board member of Norsk Tipping from 1946.[11] He was decorated Knight of the Swedish Order of Vasa. He died in Narvik in 1955,[2] as his health was permanently weakened by the typhus which he caught at concentration camps.[12]
References
- ^ "Asbjørn Halvorsen". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Jorsett, Per. "Asbjørn Halvorsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ISBN 978-82-8156-044-4.
- ISBN 82-7201-275-8.
- ^ a b Søfting, Thomas. "Asbjørn Halvorsen". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ "Asbjørn Halvorsen". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ Børre R. Giertsen, ed. (1946). "4058. Halvorsen, Asbjørn". Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 148.
- ISBN 82-15-00288-9.
- ^ Asbjorn Halvorsen and Otto Harder - the story of two team-mates and a war BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 March 2023
- ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1948). "Halvorsen, Asbjørn". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian) (5 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 195. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ^ Ulrich, Ron (3 March 2023). "Asbjorn Halvorsen and Otto Harder - the story of two team-mates and a war". BBC Sport.
External links
- Asbjørn Halvorsen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)