Arne Brustad (14 April 1912 – 22 August 1987) was a

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. He is regarded as one of the country's best players of all time.

Career

Brustad was an outside-left for

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. He won 33

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for

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, and scored 17 international goals. He was a member of Norway's "Bronze Team" from the

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. Brustad, who made his international debut in 1935, was one of the star players of the

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, where he scored five goals in four matches, including all three goals in Norway's 3–2 win against

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in the third-place match. In 1938, Brustad was a member of Norway's

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team. Norway were knocked out in the first round by eventual champions

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after extra time by a score of 2–1. Brustad scored the Norwegian goal shortly before the end of normal time, and also added a second a few minutes later, but this goal was controversially disallowed for offside. Later the same year, Brustad was named in the "Rest of Europe XI" that played

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. At club level, Brustad played for Lyn from 1930 to 1948, winning the

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in 1945 and 1946.

Honours

Norway *

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bronze medal:

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Lyn *

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* * * * 1912 births 1987 deaths Norwegian footballers Norway international footballers Lyn Fotball players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Association football forwards Footballers from Oslo {{Norway-Olympic-medalist-stub