Kurt Sucksdorff (10 May 1904 – 1 January 1960) was a Swedish

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as the goalie) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender mostly plays in or near t ...

who won a silver medal at the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...

. He was a backup for Nils Johansson and therefore played only two matches. At the 1931 World Championships he played all six matches and achieved a scoreless draw against Canada, yet his team placed sixth. Sucksdorff won Swedish titles with IK Göta in 1928-30.

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* 1904 births 1960 deaths Swedish ice hockey goaltenders Ice hockey people from Stockholm Ice hockey players at the 1928 Winter Olympics IFK Stockholm Ishockey players IK Göta Ishockey players Medalists at the 1928 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey {{Sweden-icehockey-bio-stub