Vilgot Larsson

Vilgot Bengt "Ville" Larsson (3 May 1932 – 21 December 2015) was a Swedish ice hockey defenceman and Olympian.

Vilgot Larsson
Born	(1932-05-03)3 May 1932 Falun, Sweden
Died	21 December 2015(2015-12-21) (aged 83)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Leksands IF
National team	Sweden
Playing career	1946–1968

Tre Kronor in November 1958, from the left, standing: Lasse Björn, Karl-Sören "Kalle" Hedlund, Einar Granath, Sigge Bröms, Nils "Double-Nisse" Nilsson, Carl-Göran "Lill-Stöveln" Öberg, Göran Lysén, Uno "Garvis" Öhrlund, Roland "Rolle" Stoltz; front row: Sven "Tumba" Johansson, Hasse Svedberg, Yngve Johansson, Roland "Sura-Pelle" Pettersson, Vilgot "Ville" Larsson and Rune Gudmundsson.

Larsson played with Team Sweden at the 1956 Winter Olympics held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.^[1] He also played for Leksands IF.^[2] He died in 2015, aged 83.^[3]

References

1. "Vilgot Larsson". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
2. Society for International Hockey Research Database, retrieved June 29, 2015
3. Ros, Tomas. "Hockeylegendar död". Aftonbladet.se. Aftonbladet. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com