Odd Frantzen
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| Date of birth | 20 January 1913 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bergen, Norway | ||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 October 1977 (aged 64) | ||||||||||
| Place of death | Bergen, Norway | ||||||||||
| Position | Outside right | ||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| SK Hardy | |||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||
| 1936–1939 | Norway | 20 | (5) | ||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||
Odd Frantzen (20 January 1913 – 2 October 1977)[1] was a Norwegian football outside right player from Bergen who played for SK Hardy. He was capped 20 times for Norway, and scored five international goals. He was a member of Norway's 1936 Summer Olympics bronze medal team,[2] beating Germany 2-0 in the quarter-finals,[3] and played in the 1938 World Cup.[4] Norway their first match to Italy in the round 16 (2-1), and Italy would go on to win the cup.[5]
Frantzen was kicked to death by an intruder to his home on 2 October 1977. A 25-year-old man was convicted of manslaughter for the incident, with a 24-year old female accomplice (they received 5 and 1 years prison time, respectively). The goal of the intrusion was to acquire alcohol.[1]
Frantzen married Betty Blindheim on 26 July 1941; they separated in 1965.[1] Frantzen had at least two granddaughters, Joy Frantzen and Linn Therese Solend Otterbu .[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Rydland, Sølve (13 August 2016). "Odd Frantzen: Hardyguten som lurte Hitler". NRK (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ↑ "Odd Frantzen". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ↑ FIFA.com. "Olympic Football Tournament Berlin 1936 - Germany 0:2 (0:1) Norway - Overview". FIFA.com. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ↑ FIFA.com. "1938 FIFA World Cup France ™ - Teams - Norway". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ↑ FIFA.com. "1938 FIFA World Cup France ™ - Teams - Norway". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
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