Sven Tumba
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Sven Olof Gunnar Johansson August 28, 1931 , Sweden |
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| Died | 1 October 2011 (aged 80) , Sweden |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.sportforeducation.org | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ice hockey career
Association football career
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| Position | Centre | ||
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| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Djurgårdens IF | ||
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 Sweden
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| Playing career | 1950–1966 | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
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| Viggbyholms IK | |||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1949 | Viggbyholms IK | ||
| 1949 | Åmotfors IF | ||
| 1950 | Viggbyholms IK | ||
| 1951–1961 | Djurgårdens IF | 86 | (50) |
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| Sweden B | 3 | (5) | |
| 1956 | Sweden | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1952 Oslo | Team |
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1964 Innsbruck | Team |
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1953 Zürich/Basel | Team |
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1954 Stockholm | Team |
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1957 Moscow | Team |
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1958 Oslo | Team |
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1962 Colorado Springs/Denver | Team |
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1963 Stockholm | Team |
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1965 Tampere | Team |
Sven Tumba (born Sven Olof Gunnar Johansson; 27 August 1931 – 1 October 2011) was one of the most prominent Swedish ice hockey players of the 1950s and 1960s. He also represented Sweden in football as well as golf and became Swedish champion in waterskiing.
Johansson first became known as "Tumba" in the 1950s since there were other players with the same last name, and he grew up in the Swedish town of Tumba. In October 1960 he married his wife Mona, and five years later he, along with Mona, legally changed his family name to Tumba.
After his retirement from ice hockey, he became an accomplished golfer, a golf course designer as well as an ambassador to the game of golf, even officially introducing the game of golf to the former Soviet Union. He died on 1 October 2011 after being on the Danderyds sjukhus hospital for three months due to an infection in the hip. He was subsequently honored prior to the Elitserien games that were played that day, with a one-minute silence. His body was buried at the Engelbrekt Church in Östermalm, , on 20 October 2011. Approximately 500 friends and relatives arrived at the church to leave flowers and honour Sven Tumba.
Tumba played for the Swedish club Djurgårdens IF from 1950 to 1966, winning eight Swedish Championships and leading the league top goal scorer three years. He had a lengthy international career, playing for Sweden at 14 IIHF World Championships, four Winter Olympics, named best forward at the 1957 and 1962 World Championships and top scorer at the 1964 Winter Olympics. He also captained the national team. Djurgården has retired number 5 in his honor.
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