Odd Frantzen

Odd Frantzen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1913-01-20)20 January 1913
Place of birth	Bergen, Norway
Date of death	2 October 1977(1977-10-02) (aged 64)
Place of death	Bergen, Norway
Position(s)	Outside Right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	SK Hardy
International career
1936–1939	Norway	20	(5)
Medal record Men's Football Bronze medal – third place 1936 Berlin Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Odd Frantzen (20 January 1913 – 2 October 1977) was a Norwegian football outside right player from Bergen who played for SK Hardy. He was capped 20 times for Norway, and scored five international goals. He was a member of Norway's 1936 Summer Olympics bronze medal team, beating Germany 2-0 in the quarter-finals, and played in the 1938 World Cup. Norway their first match to Italy in the round 16 (2-1), and Italy would go on to win the cup. Frantzen was kicked to death by an intruder to his home on 2 October 1977. A 25-year-old man was convicted of manslaughter for the incident, with a 24-year old female accomplice (they received 5 and 1 years prison time, respectively). The goal of the intrusion was to acquire alcohol. Frantzen married Betty Blindheim on 26 July 1941; they separated in 1965. Frantzen had at least two granddaughters , Joy Frantzen and Linn Therese Solend Otterbu .

External links

• Odd Frantzen at databaseOlympics.com