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Swiss ice hockey player and builder Ice hockey player
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

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

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. He played at RW position throughout his career. He is sometimes called as the "Father of Swiss Ice Hockey". 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.

He was president of the International Ice Hockey Federation from 1920–1922. His successor was Paul Loicq. 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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Preceded byHenri van den Bulcke President of the IIHF
1920–1922 		Succeeded byPaul Loicq
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