Vilhelm Wolfhagen

Vilhelm "Wolle" Wolfhagen (11 November 1889 – 5 July 1958) was a Danish footballer who scored 14 goals in 18 games for the Denmark national team and won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. He played his entire career with Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), with whom he won several Danish football championships.[1]

Vilhelm Wolfhagen

Wolfhagen with Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Vilhelm Wolfhagen
Date of birth	(1889-11-11)11 November 1889
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death	5 July 1958(1958-07-05) (aged 68)
Place of death	Frederikshavn, Denmark
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1906–1918	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
International career
1908–1917	Denmark	18	(14)
Medal record Men's Football 1908 London Team Competition 1912 Stockholm Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wolfhagen took part in the first official Danish national team game, played at the 1908 Summer Olympics, as he scored four goals in the 9-0 victory against France B from his favoured position of forward. He scored another four goals in the second game of the 1908 Olympics, a 17–1 defeat of the France A team, the biggest ever win of the Denmark national team. In the final game of the tournament, Denmark lost 2–0 to Great Britain, thus winning silver medals. Four years later, Wolfhagen scored one goal in Denmark's three games at the 1912 Olympics, before they were once again defeated by Great Britain in the final. He ended his national team career in October 1917, having scored 14 goals in 18 national team games.

Wolfhagen was also a good bandy player. He played bandy for Fredriksberg Skøjteløberforening 1902–1922 and took part as a bandy player at the Nordic Games in 1909 and 1917.

Wolfhagen's profession was in the military. He raised to the rank of colonel in the artillery.