Hörður Felixson
Personal information
Date of birth (1931-10-25)25 October 1931
Place of birth Reykjavík, Kingdom of Iceland
Date of death 29 August 2018(2018-08-29) (aged 86)
Place of death Reykjavík, Iceland
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–19?? Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur
International career
1958–1963 Iceland 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hörður Felixson (25 October 1931–29 August 2018)[1] was an Icelandic multi-sport athlete. He was part of the Iceland national football team between 1958 and 1963, playing 11 matches.[2][3] He was a member of Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur where he won several national championships and Cup titles. Hörður also played handball for several years, both with the Iceland national handball team and KR, where he won the national championship in 1958.[4][5]

Personal life and death

Hörður's brothers, Gunnar Felixson and Bjarni Felixson, both played with him on KR and the Icelandic national team. In 1963, all three brothers played together for Iceland in two games against England.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hörður Felixson - Profile and Statistics - SoccerPunter.com". www.soccerpunter.com. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  2. ↑ "Landsliðsmenn karla frá upphafi" [All-time men's national team players] (in Icelandic). KSÍ.is. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Iceland national team profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Andlát: Hörður Felixson". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Egill Helgason (1 September 2018). "Hörður Fel – einn af gömlu hetjunum úr KR". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Magnús Orri Schram (23 February 1997). "Tek einn leik fyrir í einu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. B8–B9. Retrieved 25 April 2021.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.