Hilding Gustafsson

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Gustafsson in 1945

Hilding "Moggli" Gustafsson (born January 16, 1914 ; † September 28, 1999 ) was a Swedish bandy , ice hockey , handball and football player and coach.

Career

Gustafsson (4th from right) at a bandy international match in 1947

Gustafsson began playing bandy at Charlottenburgs BK in 1927 . In 1930 he moved to Reymersholms IK . Here he played bandy, ice hockey and football in parallel until 1948 and was able to play in the national team in all three sports. He ran for the club for seven years in the Bandyallsvenskan , five years in the HockeyAllsvenskan and one season in the Fotbollsallsvenskan . He also played second-rate handball with the club. During this time he was appointed to the national bandy team eleven times , to the national ice hockey team once in 1934 and to the national soccer team seven times from 1940 to 1941 .

In 1947/48 he also ran for Edsbyns IF in Bandyallsvenskan, in 1951 he returned to Reymersholms IK. He then became a coach at Hammarby IF and the second division Åtvidabergs IF . At the end of the 1950s he worked as the national coach of the bandy national team. He also worked as a football coach and looked after Åtvidabergs FF in the 1950s and worked at AIK in the early 1960s .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c svenskbandy.se, Hall of Fame - 26. Hilding "Moggli" Gustafsson , accessed October 17, 2017