Sigurd Wathne

Sigurd Wathne
Personal information
Date of birth	12 February 1898
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death	26 March 1942 (aged 44)
Place of death	Swansea, Wales
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
	SK Brann
International career
	Norway
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 was on the Norway national team at the Antwerp Olympics in 1920; they 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]^[4]

References

^ "Sigurd Wathne". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ Søfting, Thomas (21 January 2012). "All-time national team players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
^ Ording, Arne; Johnson, Gudrun; Garder, Johan (1951). "Wathne, Sigurd". Våre falne 1939-1945 (in Norwegian). Vol. 4. Oslo: The State of Norway. p. 510. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

External links

Sigurd Wathne at the Norway Football Association (in Norwegian)
Sigurd Wathne at EU-Football.info
Sigurd Wathne at Olympedia

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[sref-1] "Sigurd Wathne". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

[rsssf-2] Søfting, Thomas (21 January 2012). "All-time national team players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

[vf-3] Ording, Arne; Johnson, Gudrun; Garder, Johan (1951). "Wathne, Sigurd". Våre falne 1939-1945 (in Norwegian). Vol. 4. Oslo: The State of Norway. p. 510. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

[WWII-4] "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

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