Friðþjófur Thorsteinsson

Friðþjófur Thorsteinsson Pétursson (28 August 1895 - 13 April 1967) was an Icelandic footballer, coach and former chairman of Fram. He is considered one of Iceland's first great footballers.
Football career
Friðþjófur started participating in football while attending school in Denmark.
After returning to Iceland he joined Knattspyrnufélagið Fram where he immediately established himself as one of the countries best players. He scored both goals for Fram in a famous victory over Fótboltafélag Reykjavíkur at the UMFÍ national tournament at Melavellir on 17 June 1911, a match considered the first official football match in Iceland. In the three games that season, he scored 12 of Fram's 14 goals, including six against Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur. The following year he repeated the feat and scored six goals in a 9-0 win against .
Friðþjófur was a key member of the Icelandic select team that competed against Akademisk Boldklub in the first visit of a foreign football team to Iceland in the summer of 1919. He scored two of the four goals of the Icelanders victory in the first game between them. where he, among other things, played and coached football, including for St. Andrews FC. while also playing a few matches, and again in 1940. On Fram's 30th anniversary in 1938, he was named an honorary member.
Honours, trophies and achievements
Titles
*Icelandic Championships (4):
** 1913, 1914, 1918, 1921
Individual
*Icelandic tournament top goal scorer:
** 1918, 1919

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