Sigurd Wathne

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Sigurd Wathne (12 February 1898 – 26 March 1942) was a Norwegian football goalkeeper, playing for the club SK Brann. He was born in Copenhagen. He played with the Norwegian national team at the Antwerp Olympics in 1920, where the Norwegian team reached the quarter finals.^[1] He was capped 14 times for Norway.^[2]

During World War II he sailed with SS Risøy, which was bombed by German aircraft on 20 March 1942, and he died in a hospital in Swansea six days later.^[3]

References

↑ "Sigurd Wathne". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
↑ Søfting, Thomas (21 January 2012). "All-time national team players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
↑ Ording, Arne; Johnson, Gudrun; Garder, Johan (1951). "Wathne, Sigurd". Våre falne 1939-1945 (in Norwegian) 4. Oslo: The State of Norway. p. 510. Retrieved 9 February 2012. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

v t e Norway squad – 1920 Summer Olympics

FW Aas FW A. Andersen MF G. Andersen DF Aulie FW Gundersen MF Halvorsen FW Helgesen FW Holm DF Johnsen GK Lagesen MF Mohn FW Paulsen FW Semb-Thorstvedt DF Skou GK Wathne FW Wilhelms MF Wold Coach: McPherson

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Name	Wathne, Sigurd
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Short description	Olympic footballer
Date of birth	12 February 1898
Place of birth
Date of death	26 March 1942
Place of death

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