Rolf Edberg

Rolf Edberg became one of AIK's prominent hockey playersArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceClose. Rolf EdbergArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose began playing hockey with the neighbourhood team Lilla Vesslan near Gullmarsplan, he recalled in a retrospective published by Hockeysverige in 2019. Magnus GunérArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose brought him to Hammarby when he was around 12. His coaches there were Tjalle MildArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose and Hogge Nurmela. Edberg remembered how Nurmela wanted him to stay high in the attacking zoneArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

Hammarby was also part of his football background: he played for the club’s B team, but not its first teamArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. In the retrospective, he linked his nickname Råttan to a Hammarby footballer whose playing style he thought resembled his ownArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

When EdbergArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose later chose AIK, 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 had also shown interest, he recalled in the same retrospective. At AIKArticle in AIK HockeyRead the sourceClose, Holmqvist and Nordlander welcomed him to the club.

In the retrospective published in 2019Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, Edberg described golf as his main interest after his hockey career. He also recalled former players meeting for memorial golf in honour of Bosse OlofssonArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.