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Jørgen Wagner Hansen (15 September 1925 – 17 July 1969) was a Danish
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who competed in 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 ...
. He was also part of Denmark's squad for the football tournament at the
1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...
, but he did not play in any matches. Hansen scored the
Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
goal in a 3–1 defeat against
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in May 1951. Beside being a footballer, Hansen was a
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and became
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at the hospital in
Holbæk Holbæk () is a town in Denmark and the County seat, seat of Holbæk municipality with a population of 30,903 (1 January 2025).Olympic Bronze Medal:
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...


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1925 births 1969 deaths Men's association football forwards Danish men's footballers Olympic footballers for Denmark Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Kjøbenhavns Boldklub players Denmark men's international footballers Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Footballers from Frederiksberg Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-footy-forward-stub