Odd Frantzen

Odd Frantzen
Personal information
Date of birth	20 January 1913
Place of birth	Bergen, Norway
Date of death	2 October 1977 (aged 64)
Place of death	Bergen, Norway
Position(s)	Outside Right
Senior career*
Years	Team
	SK Hardy
International career
1936–1939	Norway
Medal record
Men's Football
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Odd Frantzen (20 January 1913 – 2 October 1977)^[1] was a Norwegian football outside right player from Bergen who played for SK Hardy. He was capped 20 times for Norway, and scored five international goals. He was a member of Norway's 1936 Summer Olympics bronze medal team,^[2] beating Germany 2-0 in the quarter-finals,^[3] and played in the 1938 World Cup.^[4] Norway their first match to Italy in the round 16 (2-1), and Italy would go on to win the cup.^[5]

Frantzen was kicked to death by an intruder to his home on 2 October 1977. A 25-year-old man was convicted of manslaughter for the incident, with a 24-year old female accomplice (they received 5 and 1 years prison time, respectively). The goal of the intrusion was to acquire alcohol.^[1]

Frantzen married Betty Blindheim on 26 July 1941; they separated in 1965.^[1] Frantzen had at least two granddaughters , Joy Frantzen and Linn Therese Solend Otterbu .^[1]