Sven Tumba

Sven Tumba
Born Sven Olof Gunnar Johansson
(1931-08-28)August 28, 1931
Stockholm, Sweden
Died 1 October 2011(2011-10-01) (aged 80)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb)
Website

www.sventumba.se

www.sportforeducation.org
Ice hockey career
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Djurgårdens IF
National team  Sweden
Playing career 1950–1966
Association football career
Playing position Winger
Youth career
Viggbyholms IK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1949 Viggbyholms IK
1949 Åmotfors IF
1950 Viggbyholms IK
1951–1961 Djurgårdens IF 86 (50)
National team
Sweden B[1] 3 (5)
1956[2] Sweden[1] 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Sven Tumba (born Sven Olof Gunnar Johansson; 27 August 1931 – 1 October 2011) was one of the most prominent Swedish ice hockey players of the 1950s and 1960s. He also represented Sweden in football as well as golf and became Swedish champion in waterskiing.[3]

Johansson first became known as "Tumba" in the 1950s since there were other players with the same last name, and he grew up in the Swedish town of Tumba. In October 1960 he married his wife Mona,[4] and five years later he, along with Mona, legally changed his family name to Tumba.

After his retirement from ice hockey, he became an accomplished golfer, a golf course designer as well as an ambassador to the game of golf, even officially introducing the game of golf to the former Soviet Union. He died on 1 October 2011 after being on the Danderyds sjukhus hospital for three months due to an infection in the hip.[5] He was subsequently honored prior to the Elitserien games that were played that day, with a one-minute silence.[6] His body was buried at the Engelbrekt Church in Östermalm, Stockholm, on 20 October 2011. Approximately 500 friends and relatives arrived at the church to leave flowers and honour Sven Tumba.[4]

Ice hockey

Sven Tumba
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Ice hockey
Olympic Games
1952 Oslo Team
1964 Innsbruck Team
World Championships
1953 Zürich/Basel Team
1954 Stockholm Team
1957 Moscow Team
1958 Oslo Team
1962 Colorado Springs/Denver Team
1963 Stockholm Team
1965 Tampere Team

Tumba played for the Swedish club Djurgårdens IF from 1950 to 1966, winning eight Swedish Championships and leading the league top goal scorer three years. He had a lengthy international career, playing for Sweden at 14 IIHF World Championships, four Winter Olympics, named best forward at the 1957 and 1962 World Championships and top scorer at the 1964 Winter Olympics. He also captained the national team. Djurgården has retired number 5 in his honor.

Tumba still holds the Swedish scoring record of 186 goals (in 245 games) for the Swedish national team.[7]

In 1997 he was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame[8] and was in 1999 awarded the "Best Swedish Ice-hockey Player of All Times", outvoting prominent players such as Peter Forsberg and Mats Sundin.

Tumba was the first European player to attend an NHL training camp, with the Boston Bruins in 1957.

As a player:[3][9]

Ice hockey projects:

Football

Tumba (left) and Henry Thillberg after having scored 5 goals each on Finland in a national B team contest

In the mid-50s Tumba played for Djurgårdens IF, the team which he also became Swedish Champions with. He also represented the Swedish national team. He played one game for the national team (against Norway, 16 September 1956).

Honours

Club

Djurgårdens IF

Golf

After a successful career in ice hockey and football, Tumba dedicated himself to golf as a player, golf course designer and ambassador of the sport. Tumba was one of the people who introduced golf into Sweden. On the 100th anniversary of the Swedish Golf Federation in 2004, he was named the most influential person in the history of golf in that country, ahead of figures such as all-time women's golf great Annika Sörenstam.[10]

Tumba also officially introduced the game of golf to the former Soviet Union.

As a player:

Golf projects:

Miscellaneous

Tumba also wrote numerous books: Tumba says it all, Tumba's hockey school (translated into three languages), as well as My rich life (the naked truth).

Personal life

Tumba was survived by his wife Mona and their four sons. For most of his retirement, he and his wife lived in West Palm Beach, Florida, returning to Sweden for the summer.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 [The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN 91-86184-69-5.
  2. ↑ "Sven Tumba Johansson". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  3. 1 2 Sven Johansson. Swedish Olympic Committee
  4. 1 2 Hans Abrahamsson (2011-10-21). "Det känns så otroligt tomt" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  5. ↑ Sebastian Chaaban (2011-10-01). "Sven Tumba död" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  6. ↑ Andreas Häggström (2011-10-01). "Sven Tumba hyllades på elitseriearenorna" (in Swedish). Hockeykanalen. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  7. ↑ "Flest mål i Tre Kronor genom tiderna" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  8. ↑ "IIHF Hall of Fame". IIHF. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  9. ↑ Sven Johansson. sports-reference.com
  10. 1 2 Associated Press (2011-10-01). "Sweden great Sven Tumba dies at 80". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
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