Stig Emanuel Andersson
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Born | Stig Emanuel Gustaf Andersson 16 October 1914 Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 March 2000 Nacka, Sweden | (aged 85)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stig Emanuel "Stickan" Andersson (16 October 1914 – 23 March 2000) was a Swedish ice hockey, football and bandy player, known for representing Hammarby IF in all three sports.[1]
He competed in the men's hockey tournaments at the 1936 Winter Olympics and the 1948 Winter Olympics.[2]
Early life
Andersson grew up in a working-class home in a southern part of Stockholm known as Södermalm.[3] His father was working as a groundskeeper at Hammarby Idrottsplats, the home of local club Hammarby IF which he joined as a youngster, together with the likes of Sven Bergqvist.[4][3]
Athletic career
Ice hockey
In 1932, Andersson started to play hockey with
Andersson won 38 caps for the
In 1946, he left Hammarby for Atlas Diesels IF in the Swedish lower divisions. Andersson played three seasons for his new club until his retirement from hockey in 1950.[6]
Football
On 3 September 1933, at the age of 18, Andersson debuted in the senior football team of Hammarby IF, in a 2–3 loss against IK Sleipner.[3]
Between 1933 and 1949, Andersson made 229 league appearances for the club, mostly in the Swedish second tier Division 2, scoring 91 goals.[3]
In 1939–40, Hammarby competed for one season in Allsvenskan, the domestic top league, with Andersson playing in 18 of 22 fixtures, but was relegated immediately.[9][10]
Bandy
Andersson was also a prominent bandy player and played 16 seasons with Hammarby IF between 1932 and 1947. He was also a member of the Swedish national team.[3][4]
Personal life
He was the older brother of Åke "Plutten" Andersson, who also would become a celebrated sportsman.[4] His son Börje Andersson also played hockey and made one season with Hammarby IF in 1968-69.[11]
Legacy
When Hammarby's ice hockey team was on tour in the United Kingdom in 1946, Stig Emanuel Andersson allegedly coined the term "Bajen", a short form of a mock-English pronunciation of "Hammarby", that has been the club's most used nickname since the 1970s.[4]
Andersson's personal battle cry was "Bamsing - stångkorv!", which he used to shout at his teammates when it was time to really fight and preferably score two goals in a short time. This later led to Hammarby's hockey team being called "Bamsingarna", an other nickname that still lives on today.[4][3]
References
- ^ "Stig Emanuel Andersson". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stig Andersson Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Stig Emanuel Andersson" (PDF) (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Stickan Emanuel Andersson" (in Swedish). Hammarby Hockey. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Svenska mästare i ishockey" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Stig Emanuel Andersson" (in Swedish). Eliteprospects. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Stig Andersson" (in Swedish). SOK. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Stora Grabbar" (PDF) (in Swedish). Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Här grundades Hammarby IF" (in Swedish). Tidningen Hammarby Sjöstad. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "1940" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Börje Andersson" (in Swedish). Eliteprospects. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
External links
- Stig Emanuel "Stickan" Andersson at EliteProspects.com
- Stig Emanuel "Stickan" Andersson at Olympedia
- Stig Emanuel "Stickan" Andersson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)