Lennart Häggroth

Lennart Häggroth
Date of birth	March 2, 1940
place of birth	Övertorneå , Sweden
date of death	August 28, 2016
Place of death	Skelleftea , Sweden
Nickname	Klimpen
size	180 cm
Weight	76 kg
position	goalkeeper
Career stations
1954-1961	Kiruna AIF
1961-1966	Skellefteå AIK
1966-1968	Kiruna AIF
1969-1972	Clemensnäs HC
1972-1973	CRIF

Hans Lennart "Klimpen" Häggroth (born March 2, 1940 in Övertorneå ; † August 28, 2016 in Skellefteå ) was a Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper .

Career

Lennart Häggroth began his career as an ice hockey player with the second-class Kiruna AIF . At the age of 21 he moved to Skellefteå AIK , for whose professional team he was active from 1961 to 1966 in Division 1 , which was then the highest Swedish division. Then he returned to Kiruna. From 1969 to 1972 the goalkeeper ran for the Clemensnäs HC , with whom he was relegated to the second-rate division 2 in 1970 . He last played in the 1972/73 season for the second division club CRIF .

International

For Sweden , Häggroth took part in the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , where he and his team won the silver medal. He was also in his country's squad at the 1962 and 1963 World Championships . At the 1962 World Cup, he and his team won the gold medal. As the best European team, Sweden also became European champions. At the 1963 World Cup, he won the silver medal with his country.

Achievements and Awards

• 1962 Swedish All-Star Team

International

• 1962 gold medal at the world championship
• 1962 World Championship All-Star Team
• 1962 Best goalkeeper in the World Cup
• 1963 silver medal at the world championship
• 1964 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games

Web links

• Lennart Häggroth at eurohockey.com
• Obituary at www.iihf.com, accessed September 1, 2016.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Klimpen" HÄGGROTH död (Sw.), Dagens Nyheter , August 29, 2016.