Arne Legernes (18 May 1931 – 14 August 2022) was a Norwegian

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, who played as a

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. He played for

Molde Molde () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the seat of Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Pen ...

, making his senior debut in 1948. His brothers Odd, Bjørn and Tore also played for the club. Because of

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studies in

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, he transferred to first-tier team Freidig in 1954, but came back to Molde in 1956 and contributed to Molde's promotion to

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. He played one match for Molde in Norwegian Main League against

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on 28 July 1957, before he moved to

Larvik Larvik () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Larvik (town) ...

. In Larvik he had gotten a new job and started to play for

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, where he played the rest of his active career. Legernes also played for the Norway national team 41 times and scored one goal. In 1969, Legernes moved to

Asker Asker (), also called Asker proper (''Askerbygda'' or ''gamle Asker'' in Norwegian), is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway, located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the ...

and became a coach of Stabæk (from 1970 to 1972 and 1982),

and

Jevnaker Jevnaker is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302. The parish of ''Jævnaker'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see form ...

(1984–1985). Legernes died on 14 August 2022, at the age of 89.

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* 1931 births 2022 deaths Footballers from Molde Norwegian engineers Norwegian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Norway men's international footballers Eliteserien players Molde FK players Norwegian football managers Stabæk Fotball managers Norway national football team managers 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub