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672:2. divisjon
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435:Hovedserien
345:League Cup
191:Position(s)
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897:top scorer
888:Individual
303:midfielder
284:footballer
152:1939-09-23
71:newspapers
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1460:Brattbakk
1452:Brattbakk
1412:Rushfeldt
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1500:Nannskog
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1332:Fjørtoft
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1052:Thoresen
1044:Jacobsen
1040:Thoresen
1568:Gytkjær
1544:Johnsen
1492:Helstad
1468:Johnsen
1440:Johnsen
1436:Helstad
1428:Helstad
1292:Nysæter
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1208:Karlsen
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1188:Fuglset
1172:Iversen
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878:1961–62
868:Honours
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528:1960–61
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389:1956–57
348:Europe
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351:Total
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1356:Løken
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394:Brann
377:Goals
371:Goals
365:Goals
359:Goals
333:Club
245:(245)
238:Brann
206:Years
92:JSTOR
78:books
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1516:Fall
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1248:Lund
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