Edgar Falch

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (1930-2013)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

|name = Edgar Falch

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|fullname = Edgar Falch

|birth_date = {{birth date|1930|11|2|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Stavanger, Norway

|death_date = {{death date and age|2013|11|18|1930|11|2|df=yes}}

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|position = Defender

|years1 = 1950–1961

|clubs1 = Viking

|caps1 = 139

|goals1 = 9

|nationalyears1 = 1954–1959

|nationalteam1 = Norway

|nationalcaps1 = 28

|nationalgoals1 = 1

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Edgar Falch (2 November 1930 – 18 November 2013) was a Norwegian international football defender. Falch played for Viking his entire career where he played 139 league games and scored nine goals.{{cite web |url=http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/spillerarkiv.aspx?docid=11117 |language=Norwegian |title=Falch, Edgar |work=viking-fk.no |publisher=Viking FK |date= |accessdate=8 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807155612/http://www.viking-fk.no/newsread/spillerarkiv.aspx?docid=11117 |archive-date=7 August 2011 |url-status=dead }} He won the league with Viking in 1957–58 and the Cup in 1953 and 1959.{{cite encyclopedia |year= |title=Edgar Falch |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor=Ole Petter Pedersen |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Edgar_Falch |language=Norwegian |accessdate=8 April 2012}} Falch was capped 28 times for Norway.{{cite web|last=Søfting |first=Thomas |title=Edgar Falch |url=http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/falch.html |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |accessdate=8 April 2012 |date= |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614185001/http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/falch.html |archivedate=14 June 2012 |df= }}

Falch died in Stavanger in November 2013, aged 83.Edgar Falch er død, Stavanger Aftenblad (21 November 2013), page 11 He was the grandfather of the goalkeeper Aslak Falch.