Hans Mild
Encyclopedia
Hans Hjalmar "Tjalle" Mild (31 July 1934 – 23 December 2007) was a Swedish
football, ice hockey
and bandy
player.
two times with Djurgårdens IF and capped 31 times for the national football team. In 1964, Mild won the Guldbollen
as the best Swedish football player of the year.
As an ice hockey player Mild played for IK Göta
, Djurgårdens IF
, and Hammarby IF
and became Swedish champion six times. He also made 63 appearances in the national icehockey team and was a part of the silver winning team in the 1964 Winter Olympics
.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
football, ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
and bandy
Bandy
Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
player.
Career
Mild won AllsvenskanAllsvenskan
Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...
two times with Djurgårdens IF and capped 31 times for the national football team. In 1964, Mild won the Guldbollen
Guldbollen
Guldbollen, , is a Swedish football award given by the Aftonbladet and the Swedish Football Association to the best male Swedish footballer each year....
as the best Swedish football player of the year.
As an ice hockey player Mild played for IK Göta
IK Göta Ishockey
IK Göta Ishockey is a Swedish ice hockey team, in the early to mid 20th century very successful, today supporting only a youth team.-History:IK Göta was founded October 1, 1900, and was one of the pioneers in Swedish ice hockey...
, Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens IF Hockey
Djurgårdens IF Hockey are a professional ice hockey team based in Stockholm, Sweden. They are the ice hockey department of the sports club Djurgårdens IF. The department was formed in 1922 with the help of Wilhelm Arwe and have since then become Sweden's most successful team, having won the Swedish...
, and Hammarby IF
Hammarby IF Hockey
Hammarby IF Hockey was a professional ice hockey team from Stockholm, Sweden, and played at Hovet arena. The ice hockey association of Hammarby was founded in 1920...
and became Swedish champion six times. He also made 63 appearances in the national icehockey team and was a part of the silver winning team in the 1964 Winter Olympics
1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964...
.