Leif Svensson

Leif SvenssonArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose grew up playing hockey in Härnösand and played senior hockey for IF Älgarna in Division 3 in 1966/67. His older brothers Henry and Owe also played hockeyArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. In a 2014Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose interview with Hockeysverige, he recalled playing alongside Owe in DjurgårdenDjurgårdenDjurgården, short for Djurgårdens IF, is a sports club in Stockholm. Here, the name refers to its ice hockey team, which has developed many Swedish NHL players.Close’s junior team.

Svensson started as a forward, but Gösta “Lill-Lulle” Johansson converted him to defence during his years in Nacka, he explained in the same interviewArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. At Södertälje SKArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, he later partnered Mats Waltin on defence in both of his seasons with the club.

Looking back on 1977/78Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, Svensson described a tour on which a Swedish team faced WHA clubs. He recalled receiving an offer of a professional contract in North AmericaArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose during the trip.

Svensson also studied medicine at KarolinskaArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. In the 2014Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose interview, he said he ended his playing career in 1982 to give priority to his medical studies. When the conversation turned to watching sport, he said he watched football as often as hockeyArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.