Knut "Bossen" Osnes (27 June 1922 – 10 August 2015) was a Norwegian footballer and coach, who most notably played for Lyn and

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, and coaching Lyn to the 1968 league title and a good run in the

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the same year. Osnes was born in

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and made his senior debut for his local team as a 16-year-old in 1938.Kometen fra det store intet

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(21 June 2015) After the end of the war, Osnes moved to Oslo to study teaching, and also joined Lyn after a successful trial. He became part of the Lyn team that won the Norwegian Championship (cup) in

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and

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, and later went on to score five goals in six matches for

, also becoming the first-ever player from

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county to represent the national team. Poor eyesight forced him to retire from top-level football in 1950, and he returned home to Nordfjordeid where he worked several years as a gym teacher while playing for his local club. Osnes moved back to Oslo in the early 1960s where he got a teaching job, and was also employed as a youth team coach for his old club Lyn, before coaching Vålerengen's senior team in 1962. In 1967, Osnes was appointed head coach at Lyn, and guided the club to a cup title in his first season. The following season, Lyn won the

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and

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double, and also went on an excellent run in the

, where they reached the quarter-finals before being narrowly defeated by

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. Having lost star player

Harald Berg Harald Johan «Dutte» Berg (born 9 November 1941 in Bodø) is a former Norwegian playmaker and midfielder, nickname "Dutte". He is the brother of Knut Berg, the father of Ørjan Berg, Runar Berg and Arild Berg, and grandfather of Patrick Berg ...

, Lyn struggled in 1969, and Osnes stepped down at the end of the season. He later coached Aalesund and Strømsgodset. Osnes died in August 2015, aged 93.Trenarlegenden Knut Osnes er død

(15 August 2015)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Osnes, Knut 1922 births 2015 deaths People from Eid, Norway Norwegian men's footballers Norwegian football managers Lyn Fotball players Vålerenga Fotball managers Lyn Fotball managers Aalesunds FK managers Strømsgodset Toppfotball managers Norwegian schoolteachers Men's association football forwards Norway men's international footballers Footballers from Vestland