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Anders Andersson (ice hockey)

Anders Andersson
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Born 2 January 1937
Skellefteå, SWE
Died 15 December 1989 (aged 52)
Skellefteå, SWE
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 159 lb (72 kg; 11 st 5 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for Skellefteå AIK
Färjestad BK
National team  Sweden
Playing career 1955–1969

Åke Anders "Akka" Andersson (2 January 1937 – 15 December 1989) was a Swedish ice hockey centre in the 1950s and 1960s. He played 132 international games for Sweden, including seven IIHF World Championships and two Winter Olympics, in 1960 and 1964. Andersson played on the famous "Mosquito Line" with Eilert Määttä and Kalle Hedlund.

In Sweden, Andersson played for Skellefteå AIK from 1956–66 and Färjestads BK from 1966–69. He is one of only three players to win the Golden Puck as Swedish Player of the Year twice, which he did in 1961 and 1962.


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