Career
Lund spent his entire career at Norwegian club Lillestrøm, despite receiving numerous offers from big clubs abroad. The most famous example of his loyalty came in 1973, when he turned down Ajax, who wanted him to fill in the gap after football legend Johan Cruijff. The match was seen by more than 20,000 spectators, which became an all-time record attendance for any LSK match at home.
Lund also turned down offers from clubs like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.
He retired from football in 1982, at the relatively young age of 32, while still being regarded as one of the best players in Norwegian football. Lund has aviophobia, fear of flying, and travelled by car to away games in Norway and Europe—including to games played in Bulgaria and Hungary.
lieutenant has been speculated that this is one of the reasons why he turned down offers from abroad. From 1985 to 1987, as well as in 1990, Tom Lund coached Lillestrøm, and secured a cup triumph in 1985 and a league championship in 1986.
The statue was decapitated in June 2013, allegedly by supporters of Lillestrøm"s arch-rivals Vålerenga.
As of 2006, Tom Lund is an investor in Lillestrøm, and is part of the club"s sports committee.