Nils Johansson (ice hockey b. 1938)

Nils Johansson

Personal information
Born	24 July 1938 (1938-07-24) (age 78) Alfredshem, Sweden
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Ice hockey
Club	MoDo AIK, Örnsköldsvik (1956–70) Färjestads BK (1970–75)
Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1964 Innsbruck Team World Championships 1962 Colorado Springs/Denver Team 1963 Stockholm Team 1965 Tampere Team 1967 Vienna Team 1969 Stockholm Team 1970 Stockholm Team

Nils-Rune Tommy Johansson (born 24 July 1938) is a retired ice hockey defender. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and finished in second and fourth place, respectively. Between 1960 and 1970 he capped 168 times with the Swedish national team, winning the world title in 1962 and finishing second in 1963, 1967, 1969 and 1970.^[1][2]

Johansson never won a Swedish title, but in 1964 he received the Goldpucken Award as the best Swedish player and was selected to the Swedish all-star team. In 1971 he was awarded the Rinkens riddare award, given to the most sportsmanlike player of the Swedish Hockey League. After retiring from competitions he worked as a coach with Färjestads BK, Hanhals IF and IF Mölndal Hockey.^[1]

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