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

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forward. He was born in Steinkjer, and played for Steinkjer IFK, SK Freidig and

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. Dybwad made his debut for

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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

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on 23 August 1951. He was capped 27 times, scoring 11 goals. He was the first player from

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, and the first player from a club north of

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to play for

He died in 2012.

References

1928 births 2012 deaths People from Steinkjer Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Eliteserien players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Steinkjer FK players IFK Östersund players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Trøndelag {{Norway-footy-forward-stub