Max Sillig

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

Sillig at the 1920 Olympics.

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.[1] He played at RW position throughout his career.[2] He is sometimes called as the "Father of Swiss Ice Hockey".[3] 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.[4]

He was president of the International Ice Hockey Federation from 1920–1922. His successor was Paul Loicq.[5] He died in Lausanne.

References
  1. Profile on olympic-reference.com
  2. "Max Sillig at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  3. Naha, Souvik (2019-10-23). Global and Transnational Sport: Ambiguous Borders, Connected Domains. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-18118-1.
  4. Naha, Souvik (2019-10-23). Global and Transnational Sport: Ambiguous Borders, Connected Domains. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-18118-1.
  5. 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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