Louis Franck (ice hockey)
Louis Franck (28 December 1907 – 5 September 1988) was a Belgian ice hockey player and sailor. He won a silver medal at the Ice Hockey European Championships in 1927.[1]
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| Born | 28 December 1907 Antwerp, Belgium | |||||||||||
| Died | 5 September 1988 (aged 80) Bern, Switzerland | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Ice hockey, sailing | |||||||||||
| Team | CPA, Antwerpen | |||||||||||
Medal record
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He also represented Belgium with Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
He was son of Pierre François Jean Franck and nephew of the Belgian politician Louis Franck. He became director and major shareholder at merchant bank Samuel Montagu & Co. in London[2] and was art collector. His daughter Martine Franck married photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.
References
- Tomasz Malolepszy (2013). European Ice Hockey Championship Results: Since 1910. Scarecrow Press. pp. 12, 17. ISBN 978-0-8108-8782-4.
- "Louis Franck Scholarships". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- Archiefbank Vlaanderen - De geschiedenis van het Belgisch ijshockey (in Dutch)
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