Arne Bakker (18 February 1930 – 9 October 2009) was a Norwegian footballer and bandy player.

Football career

He was born in

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. He started his career in Fossum IF, joined Stabæk IF in 1946 and Asker SK in 1949. Here he played at the highest level of Norwegian football. His team became runner-up in the

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. He played 54 matches for national football team of Norway.

Other sports

Bakker represented Stabæk IF in the

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...

sport. The team became Norwegian champions in 1952, 1953 and 1955, and Bakker represented

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20 times. In 1952 he took part in the Olympic Bandy tournament. He also played

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

for Stabæk IF and Jar IL, and also practiced

ski jumping Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the final ...

and

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. In 1961 he received Egeberg's Honorary Award for achievement in multiple sports. He is the only combined footballer/bandy player to date to receive the award. In 1997, he became an honorary member of Stabæk.

Later career

Bakker coached Asker's football team in 1962 and 1963, and later Stabæk. His professional life was spent working for

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. He died in Bærum in October 2009, having lived at Jar his whole life.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bakker, Arne 1930 births 2009 deaths Footballers from Bærum Men's association football defenders Norwegian men's footballers Norwegian football managers Norwegian bandy players Norwegian ice hockey players Norway men's international footballers Stabæk Fotball players Asker Fotball players Asker Fotball managers Stabæk Fotball managers Winter Olympics competitors for Norway Bandy players at the 1952 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen