Arne Bakker

Arne Bakker

Personal information
Full name	Arne Bakker
Date of birth	(1930-02-18)18 February 1930
Place of birth	Bærum, Norway
Date of death
Place of death	Bærum, Norway
Youth career
0000-1946	Fossum IF
1946-1949	Stabæk IF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949-	Asker SK
International career
1953-1962	Norway	54	(0)
Managerial career
1962-1963	Asker SK
	Stabæk IF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arne Bakker (18 February 1930 – 9 October 2009) was a Norwegian footballer and bandy player.

Football career

He was born in Bærum. He started his career in Fossum IF, joined Stabæk IF in 1946 and Asker SK in 1949. Here he played at the highest level of Norwegian football. His team became runner-up in the Norwegian Football Cup of 1951. He played 54 matches for national football team of Norway.

Other sports

Bakker represented Stabæk IF in the bandy sport. The team became Norwegian champions in 1952, 1953 and 1955, and Bakker represented Norway 20 times. He also played ice hockey for Stabæk IF and Jar IL, and also practiced ski jumping and track and field. In 1961 he received Egeberg's Honorary Award for achievement in multiple sports. He is the only combined footballer/bandy player to date to receive the award. In 1997 he became an honorary member of Stabæk.

Later career

Bakker coached Asker's football team in 1962 and 1963, and later Stabæk. His professional life was spent working for Norsk Hydro. He died in Bærum in October 2009, having lived at Jar his whole life.