Åke Lassas
 Åke Lassas in the 1950s | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 August 1924 Leksand, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 April 2009 (aged 84) Leksand, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Ice hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Leksands IF (1948–63) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Åke Erik Lassas (21 August 1924 – 16 April 2009) was a Swedish ice hockey player. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics and finished in third and fourth place, respectively. He played club hockey for Leksands IF and won the inaugural Guldpucken award in 1956 given to the best player in the Swedish league. He also competed in bandy and association football at the national level.[1][2]
References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Åke Lassas.
- ^ "Åke Lassas". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
- ^ Åke Lassas. sports-reference.com
External links[edit]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
Categories:
- 1924 births
- 2009 deaths
- Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Leksands IF players
- Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- People from Leksand Municipality
- Swedish ice hockey players
- Ice hockey people from Dalarna County