Freddy Charlier

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Freddy Charlier, around 1925

Frédéric Charles Joseph François "Freddy" Charlier (born June 24, 1890 in Brussels , † July 7, 1929 in Stavelot ) was a Belgian ice hockey player and automobile racing driver .

Career

Freddy Charlier came from a wealthy family in Brussels and was active in ice hockey at the beginning of his sporting career. He was a winger or halfback / rover and was considered an individualist. In the men's area, Charlier played for the Brussels IHSC, which was founded in 1909, and took part with the club, for example , in the 1909 international ice hockey tournament in Berlin , where the team came second after losing to the Academic SC 1906 Dresden . In 1912 and 1913 he won the Belgian Ice Hockey Championship with the Brussels IHSC . Moreover Charlier was a key player in the Belgian national team and took 1,910 , 1,911 , 1,913 and 1,914 at Hockey Championships in part. The best result here was winning the title in 1913.

During the First World War he served as a driver.

In the 1920s, Charlier was active as a men's driver in motor racing. In 1924 he started in the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race and the Coupe Georges Boillot on Ballot and dropped out of both races. In 1925 he achieved third place on an Excelsior in the Circuit des Routes Pavées race , which took place near Pont-à-Marcq . In 1927 and 1929, Charlier won the Circuit de Thuin race in Charleroi in a Bugatti . He also celebrated 1928 on Bugatti T35T or Bugatti T35B four victories in mountain races in Belgium and France .

In the second half of the 1920s, Freddy Charlier competed in numerous other national and international races - u. a. at the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour races in 1926 and 1927 and at the 1928 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring  - but failed in each case.

The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in the version used in 1929: the accident occurred on the passage between Malmedy and Masta.

Deadly accident

Freddy Charlier had a fatal accident in the 1929 Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race . In the early stages of the race, Charlier had to head into the pits with his Bugatti T43 after a collision with a competitor . After a lengthy repair stop, he started the race again. In the second hour of the race, he lost control of his Bugatti in the area of ​​the exit from the Malmedy -S bend onto the Masta straight . The car went off the track, rolled over and hit a tree. Charlier was dead on the spot.

A few minutes later, Baron Kervijn de Lettenhove lost control of his Minerva while passing the scene of the accident , drove into a group of gendarmes and fatally injured one of them.

A memorial stone was erected at the accident site. The S-curve at Malmedy was also known as the Virage Charlier for several years after the accident .

Web links

Commons : Freddy Charlier  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Müller, Stephan: International Ice Hockey Encyclopedia 1904-2005 . 1st edition. Books on Demand , 2005, ISBN 978-3-8334-4189-9 .
  2. ↑ Hans Etzrodt, Leif Snellman: HILL CLIMB WINNERS 1897-1949. www.kolumbus.fi, March 8, 2019, accessed April 24, 2020 .
  3. ↑ ? Schmit. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed April 24, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Charlier, Freddy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Charlier, Frédéric Charles Joseph François (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian ice hockey player and automobile racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1929
Place of death Stavelot