Hans Öberg

Hans Öberg
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Competitor for  Sweden
World Championships
Gold Zürich/Basel 1953 Team
Gold Moscow 1957 Team
Bronze Stockholm 1954 Team
Bronze Oslo 1958 Team
Olympic Games
Bronze 1952 Oslo Team

Hans "Stöveln" Öberg (November 21, 1926 in Gävle, Sweden March 9, 2009 in Gävle, Sweden) was a Swedish ice hockey player who represented his country at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, winning the bronze medal in the team competition. He also played on the Swedish team that finished fourth in the competition four years later at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics. He was the brother of future Olympic silver medallist Carl-Göran Öberg. He played club hockey for Gävle Godtemplares IK,[1] with whom he won the Guldpucken award in 1957, a year after his 1952 international teammate Åke Lassas.[2] Öberg also played football and bandy, and won the Swedish bandy championship in 1959 with Skutskärs IF Bandyklubb.

References

  1. "Hans Öberg Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
  2. "A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey - Guldpucken". Retrieved January 23, 2011.