Anders Andersson (ice hockey)
Åke Anders "Akka" Andersson (2 January 1937 – 15 December 1989) was a Swedish ice hockey centre in the 1950s and 1960s. He played 132 international games for Sweden, including seven IIHF World Championships and two Winter Olympics, in 1960 and 1964. Andersson played on the famous "Mosquito Line" with Eilert Määttä and Kalle Hedlund.
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| Born |
2 January 1937 Skellefteå, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
15 December 1989 (aged 52) Skellefteå, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 159 lb (72 kg; 11 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Left | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
Skellefteå AIK Färjestad BK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1955–1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In Sweden, Andersson played for Skellefteå AIK from 1956 to 1966 and Färjestads BK from 1966 to 1969. He is one of only three players to win the Golden Puck as Swedish Player of the Year twice, which he did in 1961 and 1962, and was appointed into the Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame in August 2012.[1]
He has also been inducted into the Skellefteå AIK Wall of Fame.[2][3][4]
References
- Anders Andersson. sports-reference.com
- Anders Andersson. Swedish Olympic Committee
- A to Z Encyclopedia of Ice Hockey Archived 2011-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Victor Jonsson (22 August 2012). "Acka i Hall of Fame" (in Swedish). Norran. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- Tommy Forsgren (26 October 2015). "Han tar plats på Wall of Fame" (in Swedish). SVT Västerbotten. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- "Legendarisk hyllning av Jan X:et Erixon" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio Västerbotten. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- Robert Tedestedt (29 March 2016). "Oväntat veteranmöte i Skellefteå" (in Swedish). SVT Västerbotten. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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