Sophus Peter Hansen (16 November 1889 – 19 February 1962) was a
Danish amateur
football (soccer)
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player and referee. He won a
silver medal
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with the
Denmark national team at the
1912 Summer Olympics
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. He also participated with the Danish team at the
1920 Summer Olympics
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.
Born in
Copenhagen
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, he played his entire career as a
goalkeeper
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for local club
Boldklubben Frem
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. He made his national team debut in 1911 and was the first player to reach 25
caps
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for the Denmark national team. He appeared in a record-setting 31 Demark national team games before ending his national team career in 1920. The record was broken by
Poul "Tist" Nielsen
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in October 1923.
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.
In his civil life, Hansen was employed, at first, as a stonemason and later as an insurance man and in the years 1922-1934, excelled as a Referee (association football), football referee, refereeing about 20 internationals. In the 1930 Mitropa Cup, Hansen refereed both the semifinals and both legs of the final between
. Hansen was also a respected football jurist.
He died in February 1962 while living at