Anders Andersson (ice hockey player)

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Date of birth	January 2, 1937
place of birth	Skelleftea , Sweden
date of death	December 15, 1989
Place of death	Skelleftea , Sweden
Nickname	Acka
position	striker
Career stations
1955-1966	Skellefteå AIK
1967-1968	Färjestad BK
1968-1969	Skellefteå AIK

Åke Anders "Acka" Andersson (born January 2, 1937 in Skellefteå ; † December 15, 1989 ibid) was a Swedish ice hockey player .

Career

Anders Andersson began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown at Skellefteå AIK , for whose professional team he was active from 1955 to 1966 in Division 1 , the then highest Swedish league. In the 1967/68 season , the attacker ran for league rivals Färjestad BK before returning to his home club Skellefteå AIK for the 1968/69 season, where he then ended his career at the age of 32. In 1961 and 1962 he won the goldpuck as Sweden's ice hockey player of the year.

International

For Sweden Andersson took part in the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and 1964 in Innsbruck . At the 1964 Winter Games, he and his team won the silver medal. He was also in his country's squad at the 1957 , 1962 and 1965 World Championships . At the World Championships in 1957 and 1962, he won the gold medal with his team. As the best European team, Sweden also became European champions. At the 1965 World Cup, he won the bronze medal with his country.

Achievements and Awards

• 1961 guldpucken
• 1962 guldpucks

International

• 1957 gold medal at the world championship
• 1962 gold medal at the world championship
• 1964 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
• 1965 bronze medal at the world championship

Web links

• Andersson at eurohockey.com is different
• Andersson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )