Harold Hansen

Harold R. Hansen... soccer family (father Bill)... his father was born in Norway...

represented Canada in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, Olympic Qualifiers and the Pan American Games... was part of the first Canadian team to feature in Olympic Qualifiers in 1967... Canada’s top goalscorer in 1967 across Olympic Qualifiers and Pan American Games (four goals in seven international matches)... made 10 international appearances from 1967 to 1968 with Canada Soccer's Men’s National Team, including two international “A” appearances… was briefly Canada’s joint all-time leader with eight career international appearances after he featured in all eight Canada international matches in 1967 (the five joint leaders were Jim Baird, Jim Berry, Bob DiLuca, Harold Hansen and Karl Kauck)...

a three-time Canada Soccer National Championships winner (Challenge Trophy in 1966, 1974 and 1983)... and one-time Western Canada Soccer League winner (1969)... helped Calgary Springer Kickers become the first Alberta club to win the national title in 52 years (after Calgary Hillhurst FC in 1922)... in 1983, his Vancouver Firefighters FC team were named Sports BC Team of the Year...