Carl-Göran Öberg
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| Born |
24 December 1938 (age 85) Valbo, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
Gävle Godtemplares IK (1955–60) Djurgårdens IF (1960–68) Tranås AIF (1968–70) Södertälje SK (1970–73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1955–1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carl-Göran "Lill-Stöveln" Öberg (born 24 December 1938) is a retired ice hockey player who won silver medals at the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1963 and 1967 world championships. He was nicknamed Lill-Stöveln (Little Stöveln) after his elder brother, the Olympic ice hockey player Hans "Stöveln" Öberg.[1]
Öberg won the national title in 1957 with Gävle Godtemplares IK and in 1961–63 with Djurgårdens IF. In 1963 he was selected to the Swedish all-star team.[1][2]
During a game versus Canada in ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics, Öberg broke his stick and tossed it aside. The broken end of the stick went towards the Canadian players' bench, where it struck their coach Father David Bauer in the face and opened a bleeding wound. Bauer demanded for his players to remain on the bench and not retaliate. Bauer forgave Öberg and extended an invitation to sit together at the game between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia.[3][4]
Öberg played bandy with Djurgårdens IF Bandy 1961–62.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Carl-Göran Öberg. sports-reference.com
- ^ Carl-Göran Öberg. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Hawthorn, Tom (February 20, 2004). "It Was Almost a Miracle on Ice". The Tyee. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
- ^ McKinley, Michael (2014). It's Our Game: Celebrating 100 Years Of Hockey Canada. Toronto, Ontario: Viking Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-670-06817-3.
- ^ "Carl-Göran Öberg – DIF Historia".
External links[edit]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
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- 1938 births
- Djurgårdens IF Hockey players
- Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Olympic silver medalists for Sweden
- People from Gävle Municipality
- Södertälje SK players
- Sportspeople from Gävleborg County
- Swedish ice hockey left wingers
- Swedish bandy players
- Djurgårdens IF Bandy players
- Swedish ice hockey winger stubs