Sven Tumba

Sven Tumba
Tumba c. 1960
Born
Sven Olof Gunnar Johansson

(1931-08-28)28 August 1931
Stockholm, Sweden
Died1 October 2011(2011-10-01) (aged 80)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Ice hockey career
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Djurgårdens IF
National team  Sweden
Playing career 1950–1966
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Ice hockey
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1952 Oslo Team
Silver medal – second place 1964 Innsbruck Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1953 Zürich/Basel Team
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Stockholm Team
Gold medal – first place 1957 Moscow Team
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Oslo Team
Gold medal – first place 1962 Colorado Springs/Denver Team
Silver medal – second place 1963 Stockholm Team
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Tampere Team
Association football career
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Viggbyholms IK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1949 Viggbyholms IK
1949 Åmotfors IF
1950 Viggbyholms IK
1951–1961 Djurgårdens IF 86 (50)
International career
1953–1956 Sweden B[1] 3 (5)
1956[2] Sweden[1] 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Websitewww.sventumba.se
www.sportforeducation.org

Sven Tumba (born Sven Olof Gunnar Johansson; 28 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.[3]

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,[4] and five years later he, along with Mona, legally changed his family name to Tumba.

Johansson was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997. After his retirement from ice hockey, he became an accomplished golfer, a golf course designer, creator and organizer of golf exhibitions and tournaments, as well as an ambassador for the game of golf, even officially introducing the game of golf to the former Soviet Union.

  1. ^ a b Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 [The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN 978-91-86184-69-8.
  2. ^ "Sven Tumba Johansson". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. ^ Sven Johansson. Swedish Olympic Committee
  4. ^ Hans Abrahamsson (21 October 2011). "Det känns så otroligt tomt". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 August 2012.