Arne Ludvig Grundt Ileby (2 December 1913 – 25 December 1999) was a

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. He played his entire senior career as a

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for

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, with which he won four

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titles (

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

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, and

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) and two

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titles ( 1937–38 and 1938–39). Ileby was in the Norwegian squads for the

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and the

1938 World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beat ...

, but was not capped in either tournament. His only appearance for the

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was in a match against

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in 1939.

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* 1913 births 1999 deaths Footballers from Fredrikstad Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Fredrikstad FK players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football forwards {{Norway-footy-forward-stub