# Edgar Falch

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{{short description|Norwegian footballer (1930-2013)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name           = Edgar Falch
|image          = 
|caption        = 
|fullname       = Edgar Falch
|birth_date     = {{birth date|1930|11|2|df=yes}}
|birth_place    = [Stavanger](/source/Stavanger), [Norway](/source/Norway)
|death_date     = {{death date and age|2013|11|18|1930|11|2|df=yes}}
|height         = 
|position       = [Defender](/source/Defender_(association_football))
|years1         = 1950–1961
|clubs1         = [Viking](/source/Viking_FK)
|caps1          = 139
|goals1         = 9
|nationalyears1 = 1954–1959
|nationalteam1  = [Norway](/source/Norway_national_football_team)
|nationalcaps1  = 28
|nationalgoals1 = 1
}}
'''Edgar Falch''' (2 November 1930 – 18 November 2013) was a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) international [football](/source/Association_football) [defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)). Falch played for [Viking](/source/Viking_FK) his entire career where he played 139 league games and scored nine goals.<ref name="viking">{{cite web |url=http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/spillerarkiv.aspx?docid=11117 |language=Norwegian |title=Falch, Edgar |work=viking-fk.no |publisher=[Viking FK](/source/Viking_FK) |date= |accessdate=8 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807155612/http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/spillerarkiv.aspx?docid=11117 |archive-date=7 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He won the [league](/source/Tippeligaen) with Viking in [1957–58](/source/1957%E2%80%9358_Norwegian_Main_League) and the [Cup](/source/Norwegian_Football_Cup) in [1953](/source/1953_Norwegian_Football_Cup) and [1959](/source/1959_Norwegian_Football_Cup).<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |year= |title=Edgar Falch |encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon) |editor=Ole Petter Pedersen |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Edgar_Falch |language=Norwegian |accessdate=8 April 2012}}</ref> Falch was [capped](/source/cap_(sport)) 28 times for [Norway](/source/Norway_national_football_team).<ref name="rsssf">{{cite web|last=Søfting |first=Thomas |title=Edgar Falch |url=http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/falch.html |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |accessdate=8 April 2012 |date= |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614185001/http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/falch.html |archivedate=14 June 2012 |df= }}</ref>

Falch died in Stavanger in November 2013, aged 83.<ref>Edgar Falch er død, ''[Stavanger Aftenblad](/source/Stavanger_Aftenblad)'' (21 November 2013), page 11</ref> He was the grandfather of the goalkeeper [Aslak Falch](/source/Aslak_Falch).<ref name="viking"/>

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Category:1930 births
Category:2013 deaths
Category:Footballers from Stavanger
Category:Norwegian men's footballers
Category:Norway men's international footballers
Category:Viking FK players
Category:Eliteserien players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen

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