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Brustad, who made his international debut in 1935 , was one of the star players of the Berlin Olympics, where he scored five goals in four matches, including all three goals in Norway's 3-2 win against Poland in the third-place match.

In 1938 , Brustad was a member of Norway's World Cup team. Norway were knocked out in the first round by eventual champions Italy after extra time by a score of 2-1. Brustad scored the Norwegian goal shortly before the end of normal time, and also added a second a few minutes later, but this goal was controversially disallowed for Offside .

Later the same year, Brustad was named in the "Rest of Europe XI" that played England at Wembley .

At club level, Brustad won the Norwegian Cup with Lyn in 1945 and 1946 .