Bjarte Flem (born March 30, 1958) is a Norwegian former football goalkeeper. He played for the Norwegian football club Tromsø I.L.. March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A goalkeeper leaves his feet to parry a shot on goal In many team sports, a goalkeeper (termed goaltender, or goalie in some sports) is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal. ... Tromsø I.L. is a Norwegian football club founded in 1920, from the city of Tromsø. // History 1920-1939: The pre-war years The club was founded on September 15, 1920, and given the name Tromsø Turnforenings Fotballag (Tromsø Gymnastics Associations Football Team), or Turn for short. ...

He was immortalized for his mistake during a match against Sogndal I.L. in 1988, which was shown (unfortunately for Flem) on live television. As Flem was about to throw the ball to a defender on his own team, he threw the ball into his own goal instead, possibly because the ball stuck to his gloves and let go only when his hand was aiming towards his own goal. The incident made the front pages of national newspapers the next day, and was shown on television in countries across the globe. In Norway, the name Bjarte Flem has become eponymous for a goalkeeper making a huge mistake. Sogndal Fotball (formaly known as Sogndal I.L.) is a Norwegian football club from Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An own goal occurs in association football (soccer) when a player kicks or otherwise causes the ball to go into his own sides goal, thus resulting in a goal being scored for the opposition. ... An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, which has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, discovery or other item. ...

Even though Bjarte Flem will only be remembered for his huge mistake, he was also a good goalkeeper, who enjoyed many good seasons in Tromsø before he retired. Two years before the incident, Tromsø played in the Norwegian Cup Final and won their first Norwegian Cup Championship, with Flem as their goalkeeper. The Norwegian football cup is usually just referred to as the cup or NM in Norway (its official name, though, is the NM SAS Braathens Cup, because it is sponsored by airline company SAS Braathens). ...

Flem's accident can be likened to that of Jim Marshall in American football. Jim Marshall (born December 30, 1937) was born in Danville, Kentucky and played college football at Ohio State. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ...

References

• Profile at www.playerhistory.com
• Video of the famous own goal