Stig Emanuel "Stickan" Andersson

Stig Emanuel "Stickan" Andersson (16 October 1914 – 23 March 2000) was a Swedish ice hockey, football and bandy player, known for representing Hammarby IF in all three sports.

He competed in the men's hockey tournaments at the 1936 Winter Olympics and the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Early life Andersson grew up in a working-class home in a southern part of Stockholm known as Södermalm. His father was working as a groundskeeper at Hammarby Idrottsplats, the home of local club Hammarby IF which he joined as a youngster, together with the likes of Sven Bergqvist. In total, In Andersson made 220 competitive appearances for Hammarby, scoring 120 goals. He is a recipient of the honorary award "Big boy", which is handed out by Swedish Ice Hockey Association.

In 1946, he left Hammarby for Atlas Diesels IF in the Swedish lower divisions. Andersson played three seasons for his new club until his retirement from hockey in 1950.

Bandy Andersson was also a prominent bandy player and played 16 seasons with Hammarby IF between 1932 and 1947. He was also a member of the Swedish national team.

Legacy When Hammarby's ice hockey team was on tour in the United Kingdom in 1946, Stig Emanuel Andersson allegedly coined the term "Bajen", a short form of a mock-English pronunciation of "Hammarby", that has been the club's most used nickname since the 1970s.

Andersson's personal battle cry was "Bamsing - stångkorv!", which he used to shout at his teammates when it was time to really fight and preferably score two goals in a short time. This later led to Hammarby's hockey team being called "Bamsingarna", an other nickname that still lives on today.