Sven Tumba

Sven Tumba

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club
Djurgårdens IF Hockey
Club
Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (1951–1961)
Club
Viggbyholms IK (1950–1950)
Club
Sweden men's national football team (1956–1956)
National team
Sweden

Personal

Personal life

Tumba was the son of engineer Torsten Johansson and his German-born wife Greta, née Kruse. He was survived by his wife Mona (née Nessim, b. 1941) and their four sons, Tommie, born 1962, Johan, born 1964, Stefan, born 1970 and Daniel, born 1982. Both Tommie and Johan became golf professionals. Johan previously played on the European Tour and finished tied 13th in the 1989 Scandinavian Enterprise Open and later became a successful professional long driving competitor. For most of his retirement, Tumba and his wife lived in West Palm Beach, Florida, returning to Sweden in summers. Tumba's great-niece is footballer Amanda Ilestedt.

Clubs

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Archive

Passport
Identifiers & aliases
ISNI

0000000051510829

Description

Swedish athlete (1931-2011)

Position

wing half

Extract from Wikipedia

Sven Tumba was one of the most prominent Swedish ice hockey players of the 1950s and 1960s. He also represented Sweden in football as well as golf and became Swedish champion in waterskiing.

▸ Source: Wikipedia
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