Sture Gillström

He started to play football with the local club Hammarby IF as a youngster. On 2 August 1925, at the age of 16, Gillström debuted in the senior team, in the first fixture of the Division 2 campaign, and scored two goals as Hammarby won 3–2 against Sundbybergs IK.^[3]

Gillström established himself as an important offensive player in Hammarby, competing in the Swedish second tier, and was the club's top scorer during four seasons.^[1] In total, Gillström made 159 league appearances for Hammarby, scoring 72 goals, between 1925 and 1936.^[2]

He enjoyed a brief stint at the Allsvenskan club AIK, during the season of 1933–34. Back in Hammarby for the 1934–35 season, Gillström scored a hattrick on 5 May 1935 against Västerviks AIS and become the team's top scorer for the season with eight goals.^[4]

After definitely leaving Hammarby in 1936, Gillström finished his playing career with Sundbyberg in the Swedish lower divisions.^[2]

Gillström also played ice hockey and won two Swedish championships, in 1932 and 1933, with Hammarby,^[5][6] the club's first domestic titles.^[7]

Gillström also showed promise as a bandy player, winning the Stockholm junior district championship in 1926 with Hammarby.^[3] As a player in the men's senior team, Gillström helped establish Hammarby among the top bandy clubs in Sweden at the end of the 1920s and the beginning of the 1930s.^[1]

Besides being a sportsman, Gillström worked as a mechanical engineer for ASEA in both Stockholm and Västerås.^[1]