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Not so much a tale of heroism from Denmark's first ever player to play professional football outside the country and Rangers first ever Scandinavian player, but more a tale of bravado that had dire consequences. Signed in 1921 from Danish team B 1903 for £20, Hansen spent 4 years at Rangers and became a cult figure. Known as 'The Great Little Dane', he was the first foreigner to score in an Old Firm match. He helped Rangers to the 1923, 1924 and 1925 league titles before a broken leg sustained in a reserve match ended his career. He returned to his native Copenhagen, which is where this World War Two tale of woe begins.

As part of the Danish Resistance, Hansen was arrested in 1943 in Copenhagen. The story goes that, after a night out with his brother, he 'harassed' a German soldier, was arrested and  taken to Kastellet, the old fortress in Copenhagen, having already been beaten up. Putting his bleeding hand into his trouser pocket he felt a small badge which he knew he had to get rid of, and surreptitiously threw it into the fireplace: (It was a Scottish Football Association badge, and if the Germans had found it on me, there would certainly have been more blood in this story). 

https://iainduff.wordpress.com/2017/11/21/wonderful-wonderful-carl-hansen/

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