Sigurd Wathne
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][4]
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. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ 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. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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