Edgar Falch

Edgar Falch
Personal information
Full nameEdgar Falch
Date of birth2 November 1930
Place of birthStavanger, Norway
Date of death18 November 2013 (aged 83)
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1950–1961Viking139(9)
National team
1954–1959Norway28(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Edgar Falch (2 November 1930 – 18 November 2013) was a Norwegian international football defender. Falch played for Viking his entire career where he played 139 league-games and scored nine goals.[1] He won the league with Viking in 1957–58 and the Cup in 1953 and 1959.[2] Falch was capped 28 times for Norway.[3]

Falch died in Stavanger in November 2013, aged 83.[4] He was the grandfather of the goalkeeper Aslak Falch.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Falch, Edgar". viking-fk.no (in Norwegian). Viking FK. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  2. Ole Petter Pedersen (ed.). "Edgar Falch". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  3. Søfting, Thomas. "Edgar Falch". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  4. Edgar Falch er død, Stavanger Aftenblad (21 November 2013), page 11