Fredy Bieler
Alfred "Fredy" Bieler (born April 18, 1923 in St. Moritz ; † April 24, 2013 in Zurich ) was a Swiss ice hockey player .
Career
Fredy Bieler took part in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz for the Swiss national team, where he and his team won the bronze medal. During the tournament he scored five goals and three assists in five games. He was also in his country's squad at the World Championships in 1950 and 1951 , where he also won the bronze medal. As the best European team, Switzerland became European champions in 1950. For Switzerland, Fredy Bieler made 53 international matches and scored 60 goals. At club level he played from 1942 to 1953 for the Zürcher SC with which he became Swiss champion in 1949. In the forties and fifties he belonged to the changing formations of the famous Zurich “er-Sturm”.
With his storm colleague Heini Lohrer from Zürcher SC, he later moved to the management of the calculating machine factory Precisa AG.
Fredy Bieler died a few days after his 90th birthday after a long and serious illness on April 24, 2013.
Achievements and Awards
- 1948 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 1949 Swiss champion with the Zürcher SC
- 1950 bronze medal at the world championship
- 1951 bronze medal at the world championship
Web links
- Fredy Bieler in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The family's obituary in the Tages-Anzeiger on April 26, 2013, p. 23
- ↑ a b c Fredi Bieler died at the age of 90. In: nachrichten.ch from April 24, 2013
- ^ ZSC obituary in the Tages-Anzeiger on April 30, 2013, p. 21
- ↑ The first engine of the ZSC is dead. In: Tages-Anzeiger .net / Newsnet from 22 December 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bieler, Fredy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bieler, Alfred (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Moritz , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 2013 |
| Place of death | Zurich , Switzerland |