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Nils Nilsson

1936 - 2017

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Nils Erik "Dubbel-Nisse" Nilsson (8 March 1936 – 24 June 2017) was a Swedish ice hockey forward and footballer. Between 1954 and 1967 he played 205 international matches and scored 131 goals, which is the second-best scoring result, behind that of Sven Tumba. He won the world title in 1957 and 1962, finishing second in 1963 and 1967 and third in 1958 and 1965. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics, and finished in fourth, fifth and second place, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nils Nilsson is the 87th most popular hockey player (down from 53rd in 2019), the 1,164th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,082nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Swedish Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Nils Nilsson ranks 87 out of 676. Before him are Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Steve Yzerman, Sidney Crosby, Viktor Zinger, Pavol Demitra, and Johnny Gaudreau. After him are Andrei Khomutov, Veniamin Alexandrov, Alexander Mogilny, Sid Abel, Bernie Geoffrion, and Pavel Datsyuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Nils Nilsson ranks 537. Before him are Adán Godoy, Peter Hill-Wood, Michael Dertouzos, Kalevi Oikarainen, Al Attles, and Edward C. Stone. After him are Barbara Jordan, Charlie Daniels, Shelley Morrison, Roger Miller, Andrew Davies, and Rosa María Britton. Among people deceased in 2017, Nils Nilsson ranks 560. Before him are Norma McCorvey, Isabelle Daniels, Don Williams, Zdravko Hebel, Ryszard Parulski, and Peter Sallis. After him are George Steele, Seija Simola, Thomas Starzl, Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov, Maria Verónica Reina, and Erin Moran.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Nils Nilsson ranks 1,164 out of 1,879. Before him are Marie Bergman (1950), Sverker Johansson (1961), Erik Larsson (1912), Ola Toivonen (1986), Janne Stefansson (1935), and Bosson (1969). After him are Ljubomir Vranjes (1973), Magnus Andersson (1958), Josef Ternström (1888), Erik Lindh (1964), Thomas Enqvist (1974), and Lisa Ekdahl (1971).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Sweden

Among hockey players born in Sweden, Nils Nilsson ranks 10. Before him are Ronald Pettersson (1935), Nicklas Lidström (1970), Mats Sundin (1971), Lars-Eric Lundvall (1934), Tomas Jonsson (1960), and Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (1958). After him are Kent Nilsson (1956), Tommy Salo (1971), Pelle Lindbergh (1959), Markus Näslund (1973), Henrik Zetterberg (1980), and Nicklas Bäckström (1987).

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