Sigfrid "Sigge" Öberg (22 February 1907 – 2 April 1949) was a Swedish

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and

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player, known for representing

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in all three sports. He won a silver medal with the Swedish national hockey team at the

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and four domestic league titles with Hammarby.

Athletic career

Ice hockey

In 1926, at age 18, Öberg made his debut for

in Elitserien, Sweden's top tier. He would go on to form a feared forward line with Helge Johansson and Erik Larsson in the upcoming years. Öberg won four Swedish championships – in 1932, 1933, 1936 and 1937 – with the club, their first domestic titles. He was known as a physical right winger and a particularly skilled skater, who possessed a great shooting ability and stickhandling. Öberg won 25 competitive caps for the Swedish national team, scoring a total of 6 goals, and represented his country at several major tournaments; the biggest achievement was winning the silver medal in the

. Öberg is a recipient of the honorary award

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and was inducted into the Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012; both awards are handed out by the

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. He retired from ice hockey in 1939.

Football

Öberg also played football with

and made his debut for the senior team in 1926, at age 18. Up until his retirement from the sport in 1935, Öberg made 124 league appearances for Hammarby in the Swedish second tier Division 2, scoring 54 goals playing as a forward.

Bandy

Öberg was also a prominent bandy player for

between 1925 and 1939. He was a member of the Swedish national team and won a total of five caps for his country. As well as in ice hockey, Öberg was a recipient of the honorary award

in bandy, an award that is handed out by the

Swedish Bandy Association The Swedish Bandy Association () is the governing body of the winter team sport of bandy in Sweden. It organizes the bandy leagues, Elitserien and Allsvenskan for men and Damallsvenskan for women, and the men's and women's national teams. It w ...

Personal life

He grew up in a working-class home in a southern part of Stockholm known as

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, where he lived his whole life. On 2 April 1949, Öberg died by drowning in the waterway

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, at the age of 42.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oberg, Sigfrid 1907 births 1949 deaths Deaths by drowning Ice hockey people from Stockholm Ice hockey players at the 1928 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Sweden international bandy players Swedish ice hockey players Swedish bandy players Swedish men's footballers Hammarby Hockey (1921–2008) players Hammarby IF Bandy players Hammarby Fotboll players Men's association football forwards 20th-century Swedish sportsmen