Torbjörn Ek was a Swedish 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,...

 and football player and manager. He was one of the country's top bandy players during the 1970s and early 1980s.

Ek was capped 102 times for the Swedish national bandy team

Swedish national bandy team

The Swedish national bandy team has been taking part in bandy world championship since the start in 1957. The team has never finished worse than third place and has won the championship 10 times . Sweden won the first ever world championship for women in 2004....

, scoring 89 goals, and was a member of silver-medal winning teams at the Bandy World Cup

Bandy World Cup

The Bandy World Cup is held every year in Ljusdal in Sweden. 2009 and 2010 it will be played indoors in Sandviken until Ljusdal get their indoor arena...

 on 6 occasions. He was a member of the team which won the junior bandy world cup in 1967. In 1975 Ek's team Ljusdals BK

Ljusdals BK

Ljusdals BK are a Swedish bandy club who will play in Division 1 in the 2007/08 season having finished bottom of the Allsvenskan. Ljusdal were founded in 1943 and play at Gamla Idrottspark.Ljusdal have a supporters group called the Lightnings...

 won the Swedish bandy league. He managed the Swedish national bandy team for 1 match, in 1993.

Ek also had an elite football career, playing in 62 Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan

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...

 matches, for AIK (1971–1973) and GIF Sundsvall

GIF Sundsvall

GIF Sundsvall is a Swedish football club located in the city of Sundsvall. The club, formed on 25 August 1903, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. The club is affiliated to Medelpads Fotbollförbund.- History :...

 (1975), winning a silver medal as a member of the AIK team which finished as runner-up in the 1972 season

1972 in Swedish football

The 1972 season in Swedish football, starting April 1972 and ending November 1972:- Official titles :- Notes :...

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