Ingvar Åke "Putte" Carlsson (born 16 September 1942) is a retired

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ice hockey player and

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Career

Carlsson played ice hockey for

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in the 1960s and 1970s. After his active career he took up coaching. As an assistant coach, he worked with

Leif Boork Leif Erik Boork (born 3 July 1949 in Stockholm, Sweden) is Swedish former ice hockey coach, who was the head coach for Djurgårdens IF, Brynäs IF, Almtuna IS, and Norway's national ice hockey team. He works as a color commentator for the TV4 Gr ...

and managed to lead Djurgården to the

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-trophy in 1983. He became head coach for Djurgården during the 1987–88 season along with assistant coach Lasse Falk. The team became league champions, but was beaten by AIK in the quarterfinals. Carlsson most commonly used tactic was the

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, also known as "1–3–1" in Sweden. After his coaching career, Carlsson became Djurgården's general manager until he became general manager in Djurgården's football department in 2000. He kept his position as general manager until the beginning of 2003. Carlsson played bandy with

Djurgårdens IF Bandy Djurgårdens IF Bandy is the bandy section of Swedish sports club Djurgårdens IF, located in Stockholm. History Djurgårdens IF was one of the teams playing at the Nordic Games in 1905, where the team lost the final to Uppsala HK. The club ...

in the 1962 and 1963 seasons.

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* Living people 1942 births Swedish ice hockey coaches Swedish ice hockey players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll directors and chairmen Djurgårdens IF (men's hockey) coaches Swedish bandy players Djurgårdens IF Bandy players {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub