Nils Nilsson (ice hockey)

Nils Erik "Dubbel-Nisse" Nilsson (8 March 1936 – 24 June 2017[1]) was a Swedish ice hockey forward and footballer. Between 1954 and 1967 he played 205 international matches and scored 131 goals, which is the second-best scoring result, behind that of Sven Tumba. He won the world title in 1957 and 1962, finishing second in 1963 and 1967 and third in 1958 and 1965. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics, and finished in fourth, fifth and second place, respectively. He was the best forward of the 1960 tournament and was selected to the all-star team at the 1962 World Championships. In 2002, he was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame.[2][3][4]

Nils Nilsson
Nils Nilsson during the early 1960s
Born	(1936-03-08)8 March 1936 Forshaga, Sweden
Died	24 June 2017(2017-06-24) (aged 81)
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Ice hockey career Position Centre Played for Forshaga IF IK Göta Leksands IF National team  Sweden Playing career 1952–1969 Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1964 Innsbruck Team World Championships 1957 Moscow Team 1958 Oslo Team 1962 Colorado Springs/Denver Team 1963 Stockholm Team 1965 Tampere Team 1967 Vienna Team Association football career Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) Karlstad BK IK Göta 1959 Djurgårdens IF 2 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Tre Kronor in November 1958, from the left, standing: Lasse Björn, Karl-Sören "Kalle" Hedlund, Einar Granath, Sigge Bröms, Nils "Double-Nisse" Nilsson, Carl-Göran "Lill-Stöveln" Öberg, Göran Lysén, Uno "Garvis" Öhrlund, Roland "Rolle" Stoltz; front row: Sven "Tumba" Johansson, Hasse Svedberg, Yngve Johansson, Roland "Sura-Pelle" Pettersson, Vilgot "Ville" Larsson and Rune Gudmundsson.

Nilsson won only one national title, in his last season (1969). Yet he was awarded the Guldpucken award in 1966 as the best Swedish player and the Rinkens riddare award in 1967 for sportsmanlike behavior, and was selected to the Swedish all-star team in 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965 and 1967.[2]

Nilsson also played football with Djurgårdens IF, IK Göta and Karlstad BK, and won the national title with Djurgården in 1959. After retiring from competitions he worked as a product developer with Jofa, a Swedish manufacturer of sporting equipment.[2]