Carl-Göran Öberg

Carl-Göran "Lill-Stöveln" Öberg (born 24 December 1938) is a retired ice hockey player who won silver medals at the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1963 and 1967 world championships. He was nicknamed Lill-Stöveln (Little Stöveln) after his elder brother, the Olympic ice hockey player Hans "Stöveln" Öberg.[1]

Carl-Göran Öberg
Born 24 December 1938 (1938-12-24) (age 84)
Valbo, Sweden
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Gävle Godtemplares IK (1955–60)
Djurgårdens IF (1960–68)
Tranås AIF (1968–70)
Södertälje SK (1970–73)
National team  Sweden
Playing career 1955–1973
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1964 InnsbruckTeam
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1958 OsloTeam
Silver medal – second place1963 StockholmTeam
Bronze medal – third place1965 TampereTeam
Silver medal – second place1967 ViennaTeam
Tre Kronor in November 1958, from the left, standing: Lasse Björn, Karl-Sören "Kalle" Hedlund, Einar Granath, Sigge Bröms, Nils "Dubbel-Nisse" Nilsson, Carl-Göran "Lill-Stöveln" Öberg, Göran Lysén, Uno "Garvis" Öhrlund, Roland "Rolle" Stoltz; front row: Sven "Tumba" Johansson, Hasse Svedberg, Yngve Johansson, Roland "Sura-Pelle" Pettersson, Vilgot "Ville" Larsson and Rune Gudmundsson.

Öberg won the national title in 1957 with Gävle Godtemplares IK and in 1961–63 with Djurgårdens IF. In 1963 he was selected to the Swedish all-star team.[1][2]

During a game versus Canada in ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics, Öberg broke his stick and tossed it aside. The broken end of the stick went towards the Canadian players' bench, where it struck their coach Father David Bauer in the face and opened a bleeding wound. Bauer demanded for his players to remain on the bench and not retaliate. Bauer forgave Öberg and extended an invitation to sit together at the game between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia.[3][4]

Öberg played bandy with Djurgårdens IF Bandy 1961–62.[5]

References
  1. Carl-Göran Öberg. sports-reference.com
  2. Carl-Göran Öberg. Swedish Olympic Committee
  3. Hawthorn, Tom (February 20, 2004). "It Was Almost a Miracle on Ice". The Tyee. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  4. McKinley, Michael (2014). It's Our Game: Celebrating 100 Years Of Hockey Canada. Toronto, Ontario: Viking Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-670-06817-3.
  5. "Carl-Göran Öberg – DIF Historia".
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