Asbjørn Halvorsen

Asbjørn Halvorsen (3 December 1898 – 16 January 1955), nicknamed Assi, was a Norwegian footballer, who played as a centre-half for Sarpsborg FK and Hamburger SV.

He was capped 19 times playing for Norway, and was a part of the Norwegian team who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.

[6] He returned to his home country in 1934, and was hired as secretary of the Norwegian Football Association, NFF.

[2] With Halvorsen at the helm, Norway won the bronze medals at the 1936 Olympics, and qualified for the 1938 World Cup.

Practically all organized sport ceased its operations during the German occupation, and as a result, Halvorsen was arrested and placed in a concentration camp.