Reidar Kvammen

Reidar Osvald Kvammen ( born July 23, 1914 in Stavanger, † October 27, 1998 ) was a Norwegian footballer. He played 19 years for Viking Stavanger and denied doing 284 games in which he scored 202 goals, which is a club record to this day.

National

His first international match played Kvammen on November 5, 1933 against Germany along with his nearly 9 years her senior, also plays for Viking brother Arthur, but for this remained the only international match. He had previously denied two B- internationals. His first of a total of 17 goals for the national team, he scored on September 2, 1934 in a 1-1 draw against Finland. In 1936, he took with the Norwegian team at the Olympics in part and belonged to the team that defeated hosts Germany in the second round 2-0, which led to the dismissal of coach Otto Reich mink. In the semifinals, the team was defeated by the world champion and future Olympic champion Italy in extra time with 1:2, but the bronze medal match against Poland won 3-2. This is the biggest success to date of the Norwegian national team of men. Two years later, he retired with Norway to the knockout stages of the World Cup against Italy also 0-2 from. He was the first Norwegian who came up with 50 matches. His 51 game on June 19, 1949 against Yugoslavia was his last international match. Thus he remained until October 31, 1954 Norway's most-capped player and was then replaced by Thorbjørn Svenssen, with whom he had played at the beginning of his international career, three times.