Orla Brixler

Orla Edvin Brixler (; 23 August 19183 April 1957) was a Danish footballer who played for AaB and won four caps for the Denmark national football team between 1938 and 1943. A half-back, he was regarded as one of the leading Jutland players of his generation and was part of the AaB side of the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Club career Born in Sønder Tranders, a suburb of Aalborg, Brixler was a forceful and hard-working half-back. He played for AaB, where he formed part of a strong half-back line alongside Ernst Nielsen and English player Graham Lockey. AaB were among the strongest provincial clubs in Denmark during the 1930s, having been placed in the top division when the Danish league system was reorganised in 1929–30, and the club finished third in 1936.

During his international career, from 31 August 1938 to 4 October 1942, he appeared under the name Orla Poulsen before later using the surname Brixler.

Death Brixler died in Aalborg on 3 April 1957 at the age of 38.