Gunnar Dybwad (footballer)

Gunnar Dybwad
Personal information
Date of birth	21 August 1928
Place of birth	Steinkjer, Norway
Date of death	9 May 2012 (aged 83)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1945–1950	Steinkjer IFK
1951	SK Freidig
1951–1957	Steinkjer IFK
1957–1959	IFK Östersund
1959–1963	Steinkjer IFK
International career
1951–1960	Norway
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gunnar Dybwad (21 August 1928 – 9 May 2012) was a Norwegian football forward.

He was born in Steinkjer, and played for Steinkjer IFK, SK Freidig^[1] and IFK Östersund.^[2] Dybwad made his debut for Norway in a friendly game against England amateur team on 15 May 1951 and scored his first two international goal in a 2–4 loss against Yugoslavia on 23 August 1951. He was capped 27 times, scoring 11 goals.^[3] He was the first player from Nord-Trøndelag, and the first player from a club north of Trondheim to play for Norway^[4]

He died in 2012.^[5]

References

^ Ole Petter Pedersen (ed.). "Gunnar Dybwad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 September 2012.
^ Gunnar Dybwad on Playerhistory.com Archived 2019-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ Søfting, Thomas. "Gunnar Dybwad" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 November 2011.
^ "Lukten av kamfer" (in Norwegian). Steinkjer Avisa. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
^ Ryan, Normann (11 May 2012). "Fotballhelten Dybwad er død". Trønder-Avisa (in Norwegian). p. 10.

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