Odd Frantzen (20 January 1913 – 2 October 1977)[1] was a Norwegianfootballoutside 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]
