Erik Ronald "Sura-Pelle" Pettersson was a Swedish ice hockey player. He played 252 international games for Sweden between 1955 and 1967, including thirteen World Championships and three Olympic Games. Between 1951 and 1967 Pettersson played for Surahammars IF, S�dert�lje SK and V�stra Fr�lunda IF. He won the Swedish championship twice, in 1956 with S�dert�lje and in 1965 with V�stra Fr�lunda. He won Guldpucken in 1959?60 as the most valuable player in Swedish Championship playoffs. After suffering a career-ending injury in 1967, Pettersson took on the role as head coach for the Swedish national junior team from 1968 to 1974, the Swedish national senior team from 1974 to 1976, and the Norwegian national men's team from 1978 to 1981. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2004, and his jersey #14 was retired by V�stra Fr�lunda in 2002. 

April 16th, 1935 in Surahammar  /  Died:   Mar 6th, 2010 - Illness, aged 74