Holger Seebach (17 March 1922 – 30 August 2011) was a Danish amateur footballer, who scored 9 goals in 17 games for the Denmark national football team, won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics and competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Holger Seebach was one of five players from the same Odense Boldklub team, including Jørgen Leschly Sørensen and Svend Jørgen Hansen, who moved to Copenhagen and was selected for the Danish national team, during this period he played for AB and won four Danish championships. Seebach was an wing attacker who tried to score from all angles, and he was known as "always-good-for-a-goal"-Seebach among both teammates and opposition players. Knud Lundberg mentioned him in his book Fodboldens ABC that he had asked Holger Seebach about his goal scoring tactics, and Holger Seebach replied that he used to aim for the goalkeeper but miss him. Knud Lundberg replied that he had tried that tactic without success. He declined an offer from an Italien club to become the second Danish professional soccer player and focused on his studies in enigerring from Technical University of Denmark. Personal life Seebach is related to musicians Tommy Seebach and his sons Nicolai and Rasmus Seebach. Rasmus Seebach's son, Holger, is named after the football player. He studied as a carpenter and later got a Cand. Polit. Engineering degree from Odense Technical University where he continued to work until his retirement in 1999 at the age of 77. He was married twice and is the father of 2 children, Dorte Seebach and Torben Seebach Honours AB Danish Championship: 1944–45, 1946–47, 1950–51, 1951–52 Denmark Olympic Bronze Medal: 1948 References 1922 births 2011 deaths Association football forwards Danish men's footballers Olympic footballers of Denmark Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in football Akademisk Boldklub players Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Footballers from Aarhus Boldklubben 1913 players Odense Boldklub players