Max Sillig

Max Sillig (19 November 1873 – 15 November 1959) was a Swiss ice hockey player and builder.[1]

Max Sillig
Sillig at the 1920 Olympics.
Born (1873-11-19)19 November 1873
La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland
Died 15 November 1959(1959-11-15) (aged 85)
Lausanne, Switzerland
Position Right wing
National team   Switzerland
Playing career 1904–1924

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
  1. "Max Sillig". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. Profile on olympic-reference.com
  3. "Max Sillig at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. Naha, Souvik (23 October 2019). Global and Transnational Sport: Ambiguous Borders, Connected Domains. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-18118-1.
  5. Naha, Souvik (23 October 2019). Global and Transnational Sport: Ambiguous Borders, Connected Domains. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-18118-1.
  6. 1914-1933 on iihf.com
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