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Danish footballer and referee

Sophus Hansen
Hansen with Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name Sofus Peter Hansen
Date of birth (1889-11-16)16 November 1889
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death 19 February 1962(1962-02-19) (aged 72)
Place of death Copenhagen, Denmark
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1906 Boldklubben Frem
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1921 Boldklubben Frem 160 (0)
International career
1911–1920 Denmark 31 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place 1912 Stockholm Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sophus Peter Hansen (16 November 1889 – 19 February 1962) was a Danish amateur football (soccer) player and referee. He won a silver medal with the Denmark national team at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He also participated with the Danish team at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Born in Copenhagen, he played his entire career as a goalkeeper for local club Boldklubben Frem. He made his national team debut in 1911 and was the first player to reach 25 caps for the Denmark national team. He appeared in a record-setting 31 Demark national team games before ending his national team career in 1920. The record was broken by Poul "Tist" Nielsen in October 1923.[CN}

He is well known for stopping 2 crosses in the 1912 Olympic final against Great Britain.

In his civil life, Hansen was employed, at first, as a stonemason and later as an insurance man and in the years 1922-1934, excelled as a football referee, refereeing about 20 internationals. In the 1930 Mitropa Cup, Hansen refereed both the semifinals and both legs of the final between Sparta Prague and Rapid Vienna. Hansen was also a respected football jurist.

He died in February 1962 while living at Østerbro in Copenhagen.

Bibliography

Autobiography

  • Sophus Målmand, 1949

References

  1. "Sophus Hansen". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 May 2021.

External links


Denmark football squad1912 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists
Denmark
Denmark football squad1920 Summer Olympics
Denmark
Danish Football Hall of Fame
Teams
1948 Summer Olympics team (July - August 1948)
1960 Summer Olympics team (August - September 1960)
1971 Women's World Cup Team (August - September 1971)
Danish Dynamite team (1980–89)
Euro 1992 team (June 1992)
Coaches
Sepp Piontek (1979–1990)
Richard Møller Nielsen (1990–1996)
Players
Middelboe (1908–1920)
S. Nielsen (1908–1919)
P. Nielsen (1910–1925)
S. Hansen (1911–1920)
C. Hansen (1918–1921)
Jørgensen (1925–1939)
E. Nielsen (1940–1951)
K. Hansen (1943–48)
Lundberg (1943–1956)
A. Jensen (1945–57)
Præst (1945–49)
J. Sørensen (1946–49)
J. Hansen (1948)
J. P. Hansen (1949–61)
Pedersen (1953–64)
From (1957–61)
Enoksen (1958–67)
O. Madsen (1958–69)
H. Nielsen (1959–60)
J. Hansen (1965–78)
M. Olsen (1970–89)
Røntved (1970–82)
Augustesen (1971)
H. Jensen (1972–80)
Simonsen (1972–86)
Arnesen (1977–87)
Elkjær (1977–88)
L. Nielsen (1977–88)
Lerby (1978–89)
M. Laudrup (1982–98)
Høgh (1983–95)
B. Laudrup (1987–98)
Schmeichel (1987–2001)


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