Sigfrid Öberg

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Sigfrid Öberg
Born
Sigfrid Emil Öberg

(1907-02-22)22 February 1907
Stockholm, Sweden
Died2 April 1949(1949-04-02) (aged 42)
Stockholm, Sweden
Ice hockey career
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Hammarby IF
National team  Sweden
Playing career 1926–1939
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1928 St. Moritz Team
Association football career
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Hammarby IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1925–1935 Hammarby IF 124 (54)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Bandy career
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1925–1939 Hammarby IF
National team
1929–1933 Sweden 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

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.

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[edit]

Ice hockey[edit]

In 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[edit]

Öberg 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[edit]

Öberg 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[edit]

He 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]

  1. ^ Sigfrid Öberg. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Sigfrid Öberg. Swedish Olympic Committee
  3. ^ a b "1926" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Sekvenser från hockeyåren 1927 och 1928" (in Swedish). HIF Hockey Historia. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Hammarbys förste storstjärna 100 år" (in Swedish). SvenskaFans.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Svenska mästare i ishockey" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  7. ^ "1932" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Sigfrid Öberg" (in Swedish). SOK. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  9. ^ a b c "#14 Sigfrid Öberg" (in Swedish). Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Stora Grabbar" (PDF) (in Swedish). Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Sigfrid Öberg" (in Swedish). Eliteprospects. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Hammarby IF:s historia" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Stora grabbar" (in Swedish). Svenska Bandyförbundet. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

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