Max Sillig [SEP] place of birth
Max Sillig
Max Sillig (November 19, 1873 in La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland – November 15, 1959 in Lausanne, Switzerland) was a Swiss ice hockey player and builder.
Career.
Sillig played for the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
He was president of the International Ice Hockey Federation from 1920–1922. His successor was Paul Loicq.
of Czechoslovakia the same year.
The 1920 Olympics were the first to integrate hockey into their program. Canada and the United States made their debut on the international scene at the tournament. Their level of play was vastly superior to that of the Europeans and Canada took home the gold while the US won the silver medal. On 26 April 1920, at the LIHG Congress which was held during the Olympic tournament, both countries became members of the federation. Also at the congress, Max Sillig became president, and Paul Loicq