Sven Tumba

Sven Tumba
Tumba c. 1960
Born	Sven Olof Gunnar Johansson (1931-08-28)28 August 1931 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	1 October 2011(2011-10-01) (aged 80) Stockholm, Sweden
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Ice hockey player Ice hockey career Position Centre Shot Left Played for Djurgårdens IF National team  Sweden Playing career 1950–1966 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
Association football career Position(s) 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) International career 1953–1956 Sweden B[1] 3 (5) 1956[2] Sweden[1] 1 (0) *Club domestic league appearances and goals
Website	www.sventumba.se www.sportforeducation.org

Sven Tumba (born Sven Olof Gunnar Johansson; 28 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.

Johansson was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997. After his retirement from ice hockey, he became an accomplished golfer, a golf course designer, creator and organizer of golf exhibitions and tournaments, as well as an ambassador for the game of golf, even officially introducing the game of golf to the former Soviet Union.