Lars-Eric Lundvall | |
Birth Date: | 3 April 1934 |
Birth Place: | Karlskoga, Sweden |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
Weight Lb: | 172 |
Position: | Left wing |
Shoots: | Left |
Played For: | IFK Bofors Södertälje SK Västra Frölunda IF |
Ntl Team: | SWE |
Career Start: | 1952 |
Career End: | 1968 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Lars-Eric Lundvall (3 April 1934 – 8 April 2020) was a Swedish professional ice hockey player and coach. Between 1956 and 1965 he played 195 international matches and scored 79 goals. During this period he won 5 world and 10 European championship medals, including world and European titles in 1957 and 1962; he also took part in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in fourth, fifth and second place, respectively.
Domestically Lundvall won two Swedish titles: with Södertälje SK in 1956 and with Västra Frölunda IF in 1965. He was selected to the Swedish all-star team in 1959 and 1960.
After retiring from competitions in 1968, Lundvall stayed as a coach with his last club Västra Frölunda IF. He also ran a gas station with his long-term teammate Ronald Pettersson. He died in 2020, aged 86.[1]