Knut "Bossen" Osnes (27 June 1922 – 10 August 2015) was a Norwegian footballer and coach, who most notably played for

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and

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, and coaching Lyn to the 1968 league title and a good run in the

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the same year. Osnes was born in

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and made his senior debut for his local team as a 16-year-old in 1938.Kometen fra det store intet

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(21 June 2015) After the end of the war, Osnes moved to Oslo to study teaching, and also joined

after a successful trial. He became part of the Lyn team that won the Norwegian Championship (cup) in

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and

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, and later went on to score five goals in six matches for

, also becoming the first-ever player from

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county to represent the national team. Poor eyesight forced him to retire from top-level football in 1950, and he returned home to Nordfjordeid where he worked several years as a gym teacher while playing for his local club. Osnes moved back to Oslo in the early 1960s where he got a teaching job, and was also employed as a youth team coach for his old club Lyn, before coaching Vålerengen's senior team in 1962. In 1967, Osnes was appointed head coach at Lyn, and guided the club to a cup title in his first season. The following season, Lyn won the

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and

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double, and also went on an excellent run in the

, where they reached the quarter-finals before being narrowly defeated by

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. Having lost star player

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, Lyn struggled in 1969, and Osnes stepped down at the end of the season. He later coached Aalesund and

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. Osnes died in August 2015, aged 93.Trenarlegenden Knut Osnes er død

(15 August 2015)

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