Reidar Sundby (17 October 1926 – 27 October 2014) was a Norwegian footballer who played as a

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. He started his career in Stag, and joined

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in 1952. With his team he won the

1952–53 Norwegian Main League The 1952–53 Hovedserien was the 9th completed season of top division football in Norway. Overview 16 teams competed. Larvik Turn & IF won the championship, their first league title. Teams and locations :''Note: Table lists in alphabetical ord ...

, the

1954–55 Norwegian Main League The 1954–55 Hovedserien was the 11th completed season of top division football in Norway. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and Larvik Turn won the championship, their second league title. Teams and locations :''Note: Table lists in alph ...

and the

1955–56 Norwegian Main League The 1955–56 Hovedserien was the 12th completed season of top division football in Norway. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and Larvik Turn won the championship, their third league title. Teams and locations :''Note: Table lists in alpha ...

—and became top goalscorer in the

1958–59 Norwegian Main League The 1958–59 Hovedserien was the 15th completed season of top division football in Norway. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and Lillestrøm won the championship, their first league title. Teams and locations :''Note: Table lists in alpha ...

. He scored 71 goals in 110 first-tier games for Larvik Turn. He was

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once for

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, in 1954, and scored in the game against

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. He later coached Stag. He died in October 2014. He was the father of

Tom Sundby Tom Sundby (born 15 December 1960) is a former Norwegian footballer. A midfielder who scored 6 goals in 39 caps for the national team, he participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics. His father Reidar Sundby was a football player. The elder brothe ...

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* 1926 births 2014 deaths Footballers from Larvik Norwegian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Norway men's international footballers Eliteserien players Larvik Turn players Norwegian football managers 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-forward-stub