Lars Björn

Lars Gunnar Raldo "Lasse" Björn (born 16 December 1931) is a retired ice hockey defenceman who played 217 games for the national team Tre Kronor. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden.[1] He won nine Swedish ice hockey championships with Djurgårdens IF between 1950 and 1963, making him the only player ever to have won that many championships. He participated at nine IIHF World Championship tournaments, winning gold in 1953 and 1957 and three bronze medals. He participated in three Winter Olympics, winning one bronze medal in 1952.[2] He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998.[3]

Lars Björn
Lars Björn
Born (1931-12-16) 16 December 1931
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 103 kg (227 lb; 16 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Djurgårdens IF
National team  Sweden
Playing career 1949–1966
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1952 OsloTeam competition
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1958 OsloTeam
Gold medal – first place1957 MoscowTeam
Bronze medal – third place1954 StockholmTeam
Gold medal – first place1953 Basel and ZurichTeam
Tre Kronor in November 1958, from the left, standing: Lasse Björn, Karl-Sören Hedlund, Einar Granath, Sigurd Bröms, Nils Nilsson, Carl-Göran Öberg, Göran Lysén, Uno Öhrlund, Roland Stoltz; front row: Sven Tumba, Hasse Svedberg, Yngve Johansson, Ronald Pettersson, Vilgot Larsson and Rune Gudmundsson.

Djurgården has retired number 12 in his honor.[4]

He is the maternal grandfather of retired player Douglas Murray, a Cornell University alumnus who played defense for the San Jose Sharks, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Montreal Canadiens.[5]

References
  1. "200-klubben" (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  2. "Team Sweden players record in World Championship, Olympic Games, World Cup Cup of Hockey and Canada Cup year by year since 1920". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  3. "IIHF Hall of Fame". IIHF. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  4. Jörnmark, Moa (23 November 2011). "Listan på tröjorna som hänger i taket". expressen.se.
  5. "Svensk NHL-doldis gjorde första målet" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
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