Reidar Kvammen

Reidar Kvammen

Personal information
Date of birth	23 July 1914(1914-07-23)
Place of birth	Stavanger, Norway
Date of death	27 October 1998(1998-10-27) (aged 84)
Place of death	Stavanger, Norway
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1931-1952	Viking
National team
1933-1949	Norway	51	(17)
Teams managed
1953	Molde
1957	Bryne
1960-1963	Bryne
1964	Viking
1966	Bryne
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze	1936 Berlin	Team

Reidar Kvammen (23 July 1914 – 27 October 1998) was a Norwegian footballer. Kvammen was an inside-forward who played his entire career for Viking, and is regarded as one of Norway's greatest footballers of all time. Kvammen was the first Norwegian footballer to reach 50 caps. Overall, he played 51 internationals and scored 17 goals for Norway.

Kvammen was a prominent member of the Norwegian bronze-medal winning team in the 1936 Olympics, and also played in the World Cup two years later. At club level, he scored 202 goals, which to this date is still a Viking club record.

After his career as player, Kvammen had spells as coach at Molde, Bryne and Viking.

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