Sigfrid "Sigge" Öberg (22 February 1907 – 2 April 1949) was a Swedish ice hockey, football and bandy player, known for representing Hammarby IF in all three sports.
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| Born | Sigfrid Emil Öberg 22 February 1907 Stockholm, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 April 1949 (aged 42) Stockholm, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He won a silver medal with the Swedish national hockey team at the 1928 Winter Olympics and four domestic league titles with Hammarby.[1][2]
Athletic career
editIce hockey
editIn 1926, at age 18, Öberg made his debut for Hammarby IF in Elitserien, Sweden's top tier.[3] He would go on to form a feared forward line with Helge Johansson and Erik Larsson in the upcoming years.[4][5]
Öberg won four Swedish championships – in 1932, 1933, 1936 and 1937 – with the club,[6] their first domestic titles.[7]
He was known as a physical right winger and a particularly skilled skater,[8] who possessed a great shooting ability and stickhandling.[9]
Öberg won 25 competitive caps for the Swedish national team, scoring a total of 6 goals, and represented his country at several major tournaments; the biggest achievement was winning the silver medal in the 1928 Winter Olympics.[8] Öberg is a recipient of the honorary award Stora Grabbars Märke and was inducted into the Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012; both awards are handed out by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association.[10]
He retired from ice hockey in 1939.[11]
Football
editÖberg also played football with Hammarby IF and made his debut for the senior team in 1926, at age 18.[3]
Up until his retirement from the sport in 1935, Öberg made 124 league appearances for Hammarby in the Swedish second tier Division 2, scoring 54 goals playing as a forward.[12]
Bandy
editÖberg was also a prominent bandy player for Hammarby IF between 1925–1939. He was a member of the Swedish national team and won a total of five caps for his country.[9] As well as in ice hockey, Öberg was a recipient of the honorary award Stora Grabbars Märke in bandy, an award that is handed out by the Swedish Bandy Association.[13]
Personal life
editHe grew up in a working-class home in a southern part of Stockholm known as Södermalm, where he lived his whole life. On 2 April 1949, Öberg died by drowning in the waterway Hammarbyleden, at the age of 42.[9]
References
edit- ^ Sigfrid Öberg. sports-reference.com
- ^ Sigfrid Öberg. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ a b "1926" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Sekvenser från hockeyåren 1927 och 1928" (in Swedish). HIF Hockey Historia. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Hammarbys förste storstjärna 100 år" (in Swedish). SvenskaFans.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Svenska mästare i ishockey" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "1932" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Sigfrid Öberg" (in Swedish). SOK. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ a b c "#14 Sigfrid Öberg" (in Swedish). Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Stora Grabbar" (PDF) (in Swedish). Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Sigfrid Öberg" (in Swedish). Eliteprospects. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Hammarby IF:s historia" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Stora grabbar" (in Swedish). Svenska Bandyförbundet. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
External links
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- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com