Sigfrid Öberg

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.

Sigfrid Öberg
Born	Sigfrid Emil Öberg (1907-02-22)22 February 1907 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	2 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 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).

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

Ice hockey

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

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

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

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

1. . sports-reference.com
2. Sigfrid Öberg. Swedish Olympic Committee
3. "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. "Sigfrid Öberg" (in Swedish). SOK. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
9. "#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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