Stig Emanuel Andersson

Swedish ice hockey player

Stig Emanuel Andersson

Born|

Stig Emanuel Gustaf Andersson

(1914-10-16)16 October 1914

Stockholm, Sweden

Died| 23 March 2000(2000-03-23) (aged 85)

Nacka, Sweden

Ice hockey player

Ice hockey career| Position|  Right wing

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Played for|  Hammarby IF
Atlas Diesels IF
National team|  Sweden
Playing career|  1932-1950

Association football career

Position(s)|  Forward / Winger

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Youth career
|  Hammarby IF
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1933–1949|  Hammarby IF|  229|  (91)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

* * *

Bandy career

Playing position|  Forward

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Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps†|  (Gls)†
1932–1947|  Hammarby|  |

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

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

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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

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### Ice hockey

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In 1932, Andersson started to play hockey with Hammarby IF in Elitserien, Sweden's top tier.[4] He won six Swedish championships – in 1933, 1936, 1937, 1942, 1943 and 1946 – with the club.[5][6] In total, In Andersson made 220 competitive appearances for Hammarby, scoring 120 goals.[4] He was known as both a prolific goalscorer and playmaker, playing as a right winger, forming a deadly partnership with centre Kurt Kjellström and left winger Holger Nurmela in the 1940s.[3]

Andersson won 38 caps for the Swedish national team, scoring a total of 19 goals.[3] He represented his country at three major tournaments: the 1936 and 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1938 World Championships.[7] He is a recipient of the honorary award "Big boy", which is handed out by Swedish Ice Hockey Association.[8]

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

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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

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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]

Stig Emanuel Andersson (left) with his brother Åke Andersson (right), who played hockey for different teams in 1949, Atlas Diesels IF and Hammarby IF.

## Personal life

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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

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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

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1. ^ "Stig Emanuel Andersson". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Stig Emanuel Andersson" (PDF) (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
4. ^ a b c d e f g "Stickan Emanuel Andersson" (in Swedish). Hammarby Hockey. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
5. ^ "Svenska mästare i ishockey" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
6. ^ a b "Stig Emanuel Andersson" (in Swedish). Eliteprospects. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
7. ^ "Stig Andersson" (in Swedish). SOK. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
8. ^ "Stora Grabbar" (PDF) (in Swedish). Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
9. ^ "Här grundades Hammarby IF" (in Swedish). Tidningen Hammarby Sjöstad. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
10. ^ "1940" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
11. ^ "Börje Andersson" (in Swedish). Eliteprospects. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

## External links

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* Stig Emanuel "Stickan" Andersson at EliteProspects.com
* Stig Emanuel "Stickan" Andersson at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
* Stig Emanuel "Stickan" Andersson at Olympedia

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals