Bjørn Spydevold (8 September 1918 – 30 March 2002) was a Norwegian football player. He was born in
Sarpsborg
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Sarpsbor ...
, and played for the sports club
Fredrikstad FK
Fredrikstad Fotballklubb (also known as Fredrikstad or FFK) is a Norwegian professional association football, football club from the town of Fredrikstad. With nine league championships and twelve Norwegian Football Cup, Norwegian Cup wins, FFK ...
. He played for the
Norwegian national team at the
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.
After Japan declared in ...
in
Helsinki
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.
He was capped 37 times for Norway between 1946 and 1953, scoring one goal.
He was the father of Thor Spydevold, and .
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1918 births
2002 deaths
Footballers from Sarpsborg
Norwegian men's footballers
Norway men's international footballers
Fredrikstad FK players
Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Norway
Norwegian football managers
Men's association football midfielders
20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
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