Max Sillig
| Max Sillig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Sillig at the 1920 Olympics. | |||
| Born |
19 November 1873 La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland | ||
| Died |
15 November 1959 (aged 85) Lausanne, Switzerland | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| National team |
 Switzerland | ||
| Playing career | 1904–1924 | ||
Max Sillig (19 November 1873 – 15 November 1959) was a Swiss ice hockey player and builder.[1]
Career
[edit]Sillig was born in La Tour-de-Peilz, and played for the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.[2] He played at RW position throughout his career.[3] He is sometimes called as the "Father of Swiss Ice Hockey".[4] In 1905, he founded Hockey Club, Bellerive that in 1907 and 1908 won the championship of Western Switzerland and in 1909 became the first Swiss Ice Hockey champion.[5]
He was president of the International Ice Hockey Federation from 1920–1922. His successor was Paul Loicq.[6] He died in Lausanne.
References
[edit]- ^ "Max Sillig". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ Profile on olympic-reference.com
- ^ "Max Sillig at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ Naha, Souvik (23 October 2019). Global and Transnational Sport: Ambiguous Borders, Connected Domains. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-18118-1.
- ^ Naha, Souvik (23 October 2019). Global and Transnational Sport: Ambiguous Borders, Connected Domains. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-18118-1.
- ^ 1914-1933 on iihf.com
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
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