Sigurd Wathne

Sigurd Wathne (12 February 1898 – 26 March 1942) was a Norwegian football goalkeeper, playing for the club SK Brann. He was born in Copenhagen. He was on the Norway national team at the Antwerp Olympics in 1920;[1] they reached the quarter finals.[2] He was capped 14 times for Norway.[3]

Sigurd Wathne
Personal information
Date of birth (1898-02-12)12 February 1898
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death 26 March 1942(1942-03-26) (aged 44)
Place of death Swansea, Wales
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
SK Brann
National team
Norway 14
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

A seaman in the Norwegian Merchant Navy during World War II he sailed with SS Risøy, which was bombed by German aircraft on 20 March 1942, and he died in a hospital in Swansea six days later.[4][5] He was buried at Danygraig Cemetery, Swansea.[6]

References
  1. "Sigurd Wathne". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. "Sigurd Wathne". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  3. Søfting, Thomas (21 January 2012). "All-time national team players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  4. Ording, Arne; Johnson, Gudrun; Garder, Johan (1951). "Wathne, Sigurd". Våre falne 1939-1945 (in Norwegian). Vol. 4. Oslo: The State of Norway. p. 510. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  5. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7514998/SIGURD%20WATHNE/ Commonwealth War Graves Commission casualty record.


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