Reidar Olsen

Reidar Olsen
Personal information
Full name	Reidar Brede Olsen
Date of birth	20 September 1910
Place of birth	Fredrikstad, Norway
Date of death	1 September 1997 (aged 86)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1931	Fredrikstad
1938–1946	Fredrikstad
International career
1945	Norway
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Reidar Brede Olsen (20 September 1910 – 1 September 1997) was a Norwegian

Norwegian Cup while playing for the club. He also played bandy

for Fredrikstad.

Career

Olsen was born in Fredrikstad, and made his debut for Fredrikstad FK in 1931. After an injury sidelined him, he started to play for Fredrikstad FK's bandy team. He scored two goals in the first ever bandy match played in Fredrikstad in 1935 and was a part of the Fredrikstad-team that won the district championship (Norwegian: Kretsmesterskap) in bandy in 1936.^[1]

In 1938, Olsen was back in the first-team squad of Fredrikstad's football department, and won both the

Norwegian Cup in 1940. In the 1940 Norwegian Cup Final against Skeid, Olsen was named as one of Fredrikstad's best players along with Gunnar Andreassen by Fredriksstad Blad.^[1]

No organized football was played between 1940 and 1945, because of the

Sweden in Stockholm in October 1945.^[1]

Olsen played all three matches against

Lyn, when Fredrikstad lost the 1945 Norwegian Football Cup Final. After his retirement, Olsen was head coach of Østsiden IL between 1948 and 1951, and in 1954. He was also head coach of Fredrikstad in 1963.^[1]

Personal life

Olsen's brother, Ivar, was playing as a goalkeeper when Fredrikstad won their first-ever Norwegian Cup in 1932. Reidar Olsen died in 1997.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Reidar Brede Olsen". ffksupporter.net (in Norwegian). 17 May 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
^ Søfting, Thomas (2 October 2013). "Fem norske (antatt) uslåelige landslagsrekorder". fotballsonen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 October 2013.
^ "Holtan: – Glad som en unge". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 21 November 2002. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

[ffksupporter-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Reidar Brede Olsen". ffksupporter.net (in Norwegian). 17 May 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

[landslagsrekorder-2] Søfting, Thomas (2 October 2013). "Fem norske (antatt) uslåelige landslagsrekorder". fotballsonen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 October 2013.

[3] "Holtan: – Glad som en unge". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 21 November 2002. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

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