Kurt Kjellström

Kurt Kjellström (19 March 1921 – 10 December 1965) was a Swedish ice hockey, football and bandy player, best known for representing Hammarby IF in all three sports.

In 2012, Kjellström was posthumously inducted into the Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame.

Early life Kjellström was born in Stockholm and started to play ice hockey and football with local clubs Eriksdals IF and Helgalundsklubben as a youngster. He formed a feared line together with wingers Stig Emanuel Andersson and Holger Nurmela, getting known as a physical and powerful center. Kjellström was the highest goal scorer in the Swedish first division for seven consecutive seasons (1940 to 1946), and scored a total of 150 goals in 121 games with Hammarby IF.

In 1940, Kjellström returned to Hammarby IF in Division 2. Playing as a forward, he went on to score 85 goals in 89 league games for the club in seven seasons, as the club unsuccessfully pushed for a promotion from Sweden's second division.

Kjellström left Hammarby IF in early 1947 and transferred to Ljungby IF, as the club's management offered him a job outside sports. After only a few months, however, he returned to Stockholm and went on to represent local clubs Reymersholms IK and IF Olympia in the lower divisions.

Bandy Kjellström also played bandy. In 1941, he was called up to the Sweden B team to a game against Finland. In the 1940s, Kjellström played three seasons in Allsvenskan, the highest division, with both Hammarby IF and Reymersholms IK.

Personal life He spent the last years of his life in a wheelchair after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage. Kjellström died on 10 December 1965, aged 44.