Bjørn Tronstad was born April 11, 1957 in Norway. Tronstad played at SK Brann from 1974 to 1979, and scored a total of 127 goals during 222 matches, and became one of the top-scoring players in the history of the club. Tronstad retired when he was only 25 years old to study in the United States. While at San Francisco, Tronstad lead the NCAA in scoring during the 1979 season, scoring 29 goals in 26 appearances, breaking the previous record of 23 goals set by Njoku-Obi.  Tronstad played three years of collegiate soccer finishing with 40 goals in 73 matches. He is ranked fifth All-Time in goals scored for the university. Tronstad had a small comeback in 1981, but he only played 4 games and scored 1 goal.
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1979 Pacific Soccer Conference Champions
Head Coach:Â Steve Negoesco
Overall Record:Â 23-3-1Â Â Â
PSC Record:Â 6-1-0
All-PSC Team:Â Roar Anderson, Joe Bergsvand, Luis Magalhaes, Alex Nwosu, Bjorn Tronstad
Most Goals:Â Bjorn Tronstad (29)Â Â Â Â
Most Assists:Â Â Dag Olavson (15)
Most Points: Bjorn Tronstad (71 – 29 goals, 13 assists)   Â
Goals Against Average:Â Â Andy Fry (1.60)
USF Hall-of-Famers:Â Â Andy Atuegbu, Alex Nwosu, Dag Olavson, Steve Negoesco
The 1979 Dons rewrote USF scoring records with 139 goals for the season. In fact, the 139 goals scored in a single season is also an NCAA record that still stands to this day. No other team has even come within 20 goals of the 1979 Dons – the 1978 Notre Dame team has the second most goals scored in one season – with 116 scored. The 1979 Dons averaged 5.15 goals per contest and six times scored seven or more goals in a single game.
High scoring forward Bjorn Tronstad also put his name in the USF record book for most goals in a single season with 29, and most points in single season with 71. Â The 29 goals scored by Tronstad still ranks as the 15th best single season scoring total in the history of NCAA soccer and the 71 points is the 11th best single season mark.
