Willy Simonsen
Willy Raymond Simonsen (1927 – 26 February 2011) was a Norwegian sports official.
He played football for Homansbyens BK during his youth, and after his active career he joined Årvoll IL.[1][2] Simonsen spent his entire working career in the Football Association of Norway.[3] He started as a delivery boy in 1946. He later held tasks such as judicial adviser and press contact. In the 1980s he was acting secretary-general twice; first after Trygve Bornø quit in 1985 and then after Svein Erik Haagenrud quit in 1988. He served as assisting secretary-general until his retirement in 1997.[1][4]
In 1996 he was awarded the King's Medal of Merit.[5] He died in February 2011.[6]
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