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Sigfrid Schönning
Ruben Sigfrid Schönning (15 January 1913 – 27 August 2002) was a Swedish handballer and footballer.[1][2] He won a bronze medal in the 1938 World Men's Handball Championship with Sweden men's national handball team. BiographyBorn in Ljusdal, Sigfrid Schönning moved to Marstrand and worked as a cabin boy in the Swedish Navy.[3] Schönning, a sportsman in several sports, first had contact with handball at Skeppsgårdskåren in Marstrand in the 1920s.[4] Schönning then moved to Stockholm, and on 11 November 1934, he took part in the first match ever of Allsvenskan, an away game for his Stockholms-Flottans IF against Flottans IF Karlskrona in Karlskrona.[4] He won the 1936–37 Allsvenskan with Stockholms-Flottans IF.[5] Schönning then continued to Djurgården.[6] Djurgården qualified for the 1937–38 Svenska mästerskapet final and Schönning scored three goals in the final loss against Västerås IK.[7] He made five international appearances for the Sweden men's national handball team.[4] He debuted against Denmark on 8 March 1935.[8] This was the national team's first international match in indoors handball, and ended in a 18–12 win.[9] In total, he scored nine goals for the national team.[8] He was part of Sweden's bronze medal-winning team at the 1938 World Men's Handball Championship.[10] Schönning played in one match of the tournament, the match against winners Germany.[11] As a handball players, he was a right winger.[4] As a footballer, Schönning made one Allsvenskan appearance for Djurgården and scored 0 goals during the 1936–37 season.[12] He also played five matches and scored three goals the season before that.[1] References
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