Tor «Jern-Gustav» Gundersen (September 15, 1935 – September 13, 2012) was a Norwegian

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 ...

player. He played for the

Norwegian national ice hockey team The Norway men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team from Norway that participates at the IIHF World Championships. The team is governed by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association and is coached by Petter Thoresen. History ...

, and participated at the

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...

in 1964 and in 1968. He was awarded

Gullpucken Gullpucken ( translit. ''the Golden puck'') is awarded by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation (NIHF) to the best Norwegian ice hockey player each year. The award is subject to consideration which means it is not necessarily awarded every year. ...

as best Norwegian ice hockey player in 1960. He was a playing head coach for Vålerenga Ishockey during the team's golden age in the 1960s and has ten championships in his name.

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Tor Gundersen's obituary
1935 births 2012 deaths Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics Norwegian ice hockey players Olympic ice hockey players of Norway Ice hockey people from Oslo {{norway-icehockey-bio-stub