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Rolf Johansen Aas

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Birth
Oslo, Oslo kommune, Oslo fylke, Norway
Death
9 Apr 1946 (aged 54)
Oslo, Oslo kommune, Oslo fylke, Norway
Burial
Oslo, Oslo kommune, Oslo fylke, Norway GPS-Latitude: 59.9308084, Longitude: 10.6981361
Plot
Square 034, Row 05, Grave Number 008
Memorial ID
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Professional Footballer, Olympic Athlete. He was born one of two children as Rolf Johansen Aas in Kristiania, which is now Oslo, Norway, to Johan Aas and his wife Thordine Marie August Frederiksdatter Aas on October 12, 1891. He was a professional football player who was a member of the teams Mercantile (or Mercantile Ski- og Fotballklubb), of Oslo, Norway, and Lyn (or Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben), of Oslo, Norway. He played the position of Winger (or Forward), and he was capped 19 times and scored two goals in the Norwegian Football Federation (or NFF), as a member of the Norway National Football Team. He would eventually go onto represent his home country of Norway at the 1912 Summer Olympics that were held in Stockholm, Sweden, and at the 1920 Summer Olympics that were held in Antwerpen, Belgium. Together with his team members including Arne Johan Andersen, Gunnar Andersen, Otto Wilhelm Aulie, Einar "Jeja" Gundersen, Asbjørn "Assi" Halvorsen, Johnny Helgesen, Per Holm, John Johnsen, Alf Martinius Lagesen, Ellef Mohn, Michael Paulsen, Rolf Semb-Thorstvedt, Per Skou, Sigurd Wathne, Einar Wilhelms, and Adolph Wold, he was part of the Norway football squad that reached the quarter finals. The Norway team beat out by the Czechoslovakia team in a game of 4 to 0 with Norway's final ranking being =5 or 5T. He continued to represent club Mercantile (or Mercantile Ski- og Fotballklubb), of Oslo, Norway, and Lyn (or Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben), of Oslo, Norway, and be active in sports events until his death. He was married to Anna Kristine Olsen Aas (1910-1989). He passed away in his native Oslo, Norway, on April 9, 1946, at the age of 54, and he was buried in Vestre Gravlund in Oslo, Norway, where several other famous Norwegian personalities are also laid to rest. His brother was the Norwegian professional footballer Mathias Widerøe Aas (1886-1960), who played in two matches with the Norway National Football between 1908 and 1910, and also represented his home country of Norway at the 1912 Summer Olympics that were held in Stockholm, Sweden, and who is buried in Vår Frelsers Gravlund in Oslo, Norway.
Professional Footballer, Olympic Athlete. He was born one of two children as Rolf Johansen Aas in Kristiania, which is now Oslo, Norway, to Johan Aas and his wife Thordine Marie August Frederiksdatter Aas on October 12, 1891. He was a professional football player who was a member of the teams Mercantile (or Mercantile Ski- og Fotballklubb), of Oslo, Norway, and Lyn (or Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben), of Oslo, Norway. He played the position of Winger (or Forward), and he was capped 19 times and scored two goals in the Norwegian Football Federation (or NFF), as a member of the Norway National Football Team. He would eventually go onto represent his home country of Norway at the 1912 Summer Olympics that were held in Stockholm, Sweden, and at the 1920 Summer Olympics that were held in Antwerpen, Belgium. Together with his team members including Arne Johan Andersen, Gunnar Andersen, Otto Wilhelm Aulie, Einar "Jeja" Gundersen, Asbjørn "Assi" Halvorsen, Johnny Helgesen, Per Holm, John Johnsen, Alf Martinius Lagesen, Ellef Mohn, Michael Paulsen, Rolf Semb-Thorstvedt, Per Skou, Sigurd Wathne, Einar Wilhelms, and Adolph Wold, he was part of the Norway football squad that reached the quarter finals. The Norway team beat out by the Czechoslovakia team in a game of 4 to 0 with Norway's final ranking being =5 or 5T. He continued to represent club Mercantile (or Mercantile Ski- og Fotballklubb), of Oslo, Norway, and Lyn (or Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben), of Oslo, Norway, and be active in sports events until his death. He was married to Anna Kristine Olsen Aas (1910-1989). He passed away in his native Oslo, Norway, on April 9, 1946, at the age of 54, and he was buried in Vestre Gravlund in Oslo, Norway, where several other famous Norwegian personalities are also laid to rest. His brother was the Norwegian professional footballer Mathias Widerøe Aas (1886-1960), who played in two matches with the Norway National Football between 1908 and 1910, and also represented his home country of Norway at the 1912 Summer Olympics that were held in Stockholm, Sweden, and who is buried in Vår Frelsers Gravlund in Oslo, Norway.

Bio by: The Silent Forgotten


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