Sverre Oddanger

Sverre Oddanger
Personal information
Full name Sverre Egil Oddanger
Date of birth (1928-05-13)13 May 1928
Date of death 17 November 2020(2020-11-17) (aged 92)
Place of death Tjøme, Norway
Position(s) striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1955 Skeid
International career
1949 Norway 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sverre Egil Oddanger (13 May 1928 – 17 November 2020)[1] was a Norwegian football striker.

He played for Skeid between 1948 and 1955. Winning his sole cap for Norway in 1949, he became league champion in 1953 and 1954.[2] Skeid has registered him with 178 games across all competitions.[3]

Born Sverre Egil Olsen, he changed his last name to Oddanger in 1957.[4] He died on 17 November 2020 in Tjøme.[5]

References

  1. ^ Death notice
  2. ^ Sverre Oddanger at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ Lindahl, Eirik (2015). Sa-sa-sa: Skeid gjennom 100 år (in Norwegian). Pegasus. p. 365. ISBN 9788244201452.
  4. ^ Norsk Lysingsblad 1 February 1957, p. 2
  5. ^ Death announcement