Asbjørn Halvorsen (3 December 1898 – 16 January 1955), nicknamed Assi, was a Norwegianfootballer, who played as a centre-half for Sarpsborg FK and Hamburger SV. He was capped 19 times playing for Norway, and was a part of the Norwegian team who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was later Secretary general of the Norwegian Football Association, and acted as head coach of the Norwegian national team. He is regarded as the architect behind the Norwegian "Bronze Team" that finished third in the 1936 Olympics.[1]
Halvorsen was born in Sarpsborg, the son of baker Christian Halvorsen and Jakobine Dorthea Thronsen. He established himself as a ship broker in Hamburg, and his first marriage was with a German citizen. He married for a second time in 1951 with Sigrid Helga Willadsen.[2]
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Halvorsen was a centre-half who played 19 times for the Norwegian national team, and won the Norwegian Cup in 1917[3][4] as captain of Sarpsborg FK.[2] Aged 18 years and 318 days, he is the youngest captain in a Norwegian Cup final.[5] He made his debut for the national team in 1918, in a match against Sweden,[2] and played four matches for the national team in 1918, and four matches in 1919.[6] He represented Norway at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, where the Norwegian team reached the quarter-finals.[7] Between 1922 and 1934, Halvorsen played in Germany for Hamburger SV, where he won the German championships in 1923 and 1928.[3] He played his last match for the national team against Germany in Hamburg in 1923, his nineteenth game for the national selection.[6]
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He returned to his home country in 1934, and was hired as secretary of the Norwegian Football Association, NFF. This job also made him head of the national team's selection committee, and in the years before World War II, he also acted as national team coach.[2]
With Halvorsen at the helm, Norway won the bronze medals at the 1936 Olympics, and qualified for the 1938 World Cup. This was Norway's first and only appearance in the World Cup finals until the 1990s.
After the war, Halvorsen continued working for the NFF, with the title of Secretary General, until his death in 1955.[2] He was a board member of Norsk Tipping from 1946.[11] He was decorated Knight of the Swedish Order of Vasa. He died in Narvik in 1955,[2] as his health was permanently weakened by the typhus which he caught at concentration camps.[12]
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^"Asbjørn Halvorsen". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
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Asbjorn Halvorsen 3 December 1898 16 January 1955 nicknamed Assi was a Norwegian footballer who played as a centre half for Sarpsborg FK and Hamburger SV He was capped 19 times playing for Norway and was a part of the Norwegian team who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics He was later Secretary general of the Norwegian Football Association and acted as head coach of the Norwegian national team He is regarded as the architect behind the Norwegian Bronze Team that finished third in the 1936 Olympics 1 Asbjorn HalvorsenPersonal informationDate of birth 1898 12 03 3 December 1898Place of birthSarpsborg NorwayDate of death16 January 1955 1955 01 16 aged 56 Place of deathNarvik NorwaySenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1917 1921Sarpsborg FK1922 1934Hamburger SVInternational career1918 1923Norway19 0 Managerial career1933Hamburger SV1936 1940Norway Club domestic league appearances and goals Contents 1 Personal life 2 Playing career 3 Manager career 4 World War II 5 Post war 6 References 7 External linksPersonal life editHalvorsen was born in Sarpsborg the son of baker Christian Halvorsen and Jakobine Dorthea Thronsen He established himself as a ship broker in Hamburg and his first marriage was with a German citizen He married for a second time in 1951 with Sigrid Helga Willadsen 2 Playing career editHalvorsen was a centre half who played 19 times for the Norwegian national team and won the Norwegian Cup in 1917 3 4 as captain of Sarpsborg FK 2 Aged 18 years and 318 days he is the youngest captain in a Norwegian Cup final 5 He made his debut for the national team in 1918 in a match against Sweden 2 and played four matches for the national team in 1918 and four matches in 1919 6 He represented Norway at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp where the Norwegian team reached the quarter finals 7 Between 1922 and 1934 Halvorsen played in Germany for Hamburger SV where he won the German championships in 1923 and 1928 3 He played his last match for the national team against Germany in Hamburg in 1923 his nineteenth game for the national selection 6 Manager career editHe returned to his home country in 1934 and was hired as secretary of the Norwegian Football Association NFF This job also made him head of the national team s selection committee and in the years before World War II he also acted as national team coach 2 With Halvorsen at the helm Norway won the bronze medals at the 1936 Olympics and qualified for the 1938 World Cup This was Norway s first and only appearance in the World Cup finals until the 1990s World War II editDuring the war Halvorsen was one of the figureheads of the Norwegian sports boycott Practically all organized sport ceased its operations during the German occupation and as a result Halvorsen was arrested and placed in a concentration camp 8 He was imprisoned at Mollergata 19 for one day then in Grini concentration camp from August 1942 to July 1943 then in Natzweiler Struthof Neckarelz and Vaihingen an der Enz concentration camps 9 10 Post war editAfter the war Halvorsen continued working for the NFF with the title of Secretary General until his death in 1955 2 He was a board member of Norsk Tipping from 1946 11 He was decorated Knight of the Swedish Order of Vasa He died in Narvik in 1955 2 as his health was permanently weakened by the typhus which he caught at concentration camps 12 References edit Asbjorn Halvorsen Olympedia Retrieved 15 August 2021 a b c d e f Jorsett Per Asbjorn Halvorsen In Helle Knut ed Norsk biografisk leksikon in Norwegian Oslo Kunnskapsforlaget Retrieved 4 January 2014 a b Henriksen Petter ed 2007 Asbjorn Halvorsen Store norske leksikon in Norwegian Oslo Kunnskapsforlaget Retrieved 26 January 2010 Schanke Tom A 2007 Norsk Idrettsleksikon in Norwegian Aller Forlag pp 196 213 ISBN 978 82 8156 044 4 Jorsett Per Arne Scheie December 1999 Cupen 1902 1999 J M Stenersens forlag p 156 ISBN 82 7201 275 8 a b Softing Thomas Asbjorn Halvorsen Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation Retrieved 8 January 2014 Asbjorn Halvorsen Sports reference com Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 8 January 2014 Borre R Giertsen ed 1946 4058 Halvorsen Asbjorn Norsk fangeleksikon Grinifangene in Norwegian Oslo Cappelen p 148 Ottosen Kristian ed 2004 Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940 1945 in Norwegian 2nd ed Oslo Universitetsforlaget p 267 ISBN 82 15 00288 9 Asbjorn Halvorsen and Otto Harder the story of two team mates and a war BBC Sport Retrieved 3 March 2023 Steenstrup Bjorn ed 1948 Halvorsen Asbjorn Hvem er hvem in Norwegian 5 ed Oslo Aschehoug p 195 Retrieved 11 January 2014 Ulrich Ron 3 March 2023 Asbjorn Halvorsen and Otto Harder the story of two team mates and a war BBC Sport External links editAsbjorn Halvorsen at the Norwegian Football Federation in Norwegian nbsp Sporting positionsPreceded by Secretary general of the Norwegian Football Association1935 1955 Succeeded byNicolai Johansen Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Asbjorn Halvorsen amp 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