Lars Björn

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


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position = Defence
shoots = Left
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height_ft = 6
height_in = 4
weight_lb = 226
team = Djurgårdens IF
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nationality = SWE
birth_date = Birth date and age|1931|12|31|mf=y
birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
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career_start = 1949
career_end = 1966

Lars 'Lasse' Björn (born December 16, 1931 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a retired ice hockey defenceman who played 217 games for the national team Tre Kronor. [cite web |url=http://www.swehockey.se/files/%7B59DD8261-52A1-4635-AB52-95E041FF542B%7D.pdf |title=200-klubben |accessdate=2008-05-24 |format=PDF |publisher=Swedish Ice Hockey Association |language=Swedish] He participated at nine IIHF World Championship tournaments, winning gold in 1953 and 1957 and three bronze medals. He participated in three Winter Olympics, winning one bronze medal in 1952. [cite web |url=http://www.swehockey.se/files/%7B21B1BE73-F9AC-426D-A780-82B421201F9B%7D.pdf |title=Team Sweden players record in World Championship, Olympic Games, World Cup and Canada Cup year by year since 1920 |accessdate=2008-05-24 |format=PDF |publisher=Swedish Ice Hockey Association] He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998. [cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/the-iihf/iihf-hall-of-fame.html |title=IIHF Hall of Fame |accessdate=2008-05-24 |publisher=IIHF]

He is the maternal grandfather of Douglas Murray, a Cornell University alumnus who currently plays defense for the San Jose Sharks. [cite news |title=Svensk NHL-doldis gjorde första målet |url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=745227 |publisher=Dagens Nyheter |language=Swedish |date=2008-02-22 |accessdate=2008-05-24 ]

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