Daniel Eie (24 April 1889 – 28 May 1961) was a Norwegian sports official. He was a member of the boys' clubs Spring and Løp as a child, but joined SFK Lyn in 1906. He served as vice president of the

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at the age of 21, in 1911. He was then the president from 1916 to 1918, and later returned to the post in 1927 and 1928.Amundsen, 1936: pp. 212–213 By then he was also Norway's representative in

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. He also refereed the 1914 Norwegian Football Cup final. From 1915 to 1918 he was a board member of Norges Riksforbund for Idræt, then vice president until 1919. He was later president of Norges Landsforbund for Idræt from 1932 to 1936. He died in May 1961 and was buried in Vestre gravlund.

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1889 births 1961 deaths Sportspeople from Oslo Norwegian sports executives and administrators Norwegian football referees Burials at Vestre gravlund 20th-century Norwegian people {{norway-footy-bio-stub