Sillig at the 1920 Olympics.
Max Sillig (19 November 1873 – 15 November 1959) was a Swiss ice hockey player and builder.[1]
Career[]
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[]
- ↑ Max Sillig. Olympedia.
- ↑ Profile on olympic-reference.com
- ↑ Max Sillig at eliteprospects.com (en).
- ↑ Naha, Souvik (23 October 2019). Global and Transnational Sport: Ambiguous Borders, Connected Domains (in en). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-18118-1.
- ↑ Naha, Souvik (23 October 2019). Global and Transnational Sport: Ambiguous Borders, Connected Domains (in en). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-18118-1.
- ↑ 1914-1933 on iihf.com
| Preceded by Henri van den Bulcke |
President of the IIHF 1920–22 |
Succeeded by Paul Loicq |
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