Teppo Rastio (born February 15, 1934) is a retired professional
ice hockey
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player who played in the
SM-liiga
The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagu ...
for
Lukko
Rauman Lukko (Finnish for "lock") is a Finnish sports club based in Rauma, Finland, best known for its men’s professional ice hockey team. The club was founded as Rauma Woodin Lukko in 1936. The representative team currently plays in the Fi ...
and
Ilves
Ilves (; Finnish for " Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Tampere Deck Arena.
The colors of Ilves, green, yellow, and black, were taken from what was then the coat of arms of the city ...
. Rastio was inducted to the
Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame
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in 1985.
Rastio was also known as a
footballer
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. He played two seasons in the Finnish premier division
Mestaruussarja
Mestaruussarja (Championship series) was the top division of Finland, Finnish association football, football from 1930 to 1989. It was replaced by Veikkausliiga in 1990.
In 1930 league format was used for the first time to decide the Finnish cham ...
for
Ilves-Kissat
Tampereen-Viipurin llves-Kissat is a Finnish football club from Tampere. As of 2017 are playing in the Kolmonen league.
They play their home matches in the Tammelan Stadion, which was opened in 1931.
The name of the club was changed to Viipur ...
in 1957–1958. Rastio capped once for the
Finland national team in 1957.
EU-Football.info
Retrieved 23 June 2013.
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1934 births
Association footballers not categorized by position
Finland international footballers
Finnish footballers
Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players with retired numbers
Ilves players
Living people
Lukko players
Olympic ice hockey players of Finland
People from Naantali
Sportspeople from Southwest Finland
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