Sophus Hansen


Sophus Peter Hansen was a Danish amateur football player and referee. He won a silver medal with the Denmark national team at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He also participated with the Danish team at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Born in Copenhagen, he played his entire career as a goalkeeper for local club Boldklubben Frem. He made his national team debut in 1911 and was the first player to reach 25 caps 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 in October 1923.[CN