Fritz Naef

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Fritz Naef Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 5, 1934
date of death July 27, 2014
Nickname Nasli
position striker
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1949-1954 HC Davos
1954-1960 Lausanne HC
1960-1969 Genève-Servette HC

Fritz Naef (born June 5, 1934 ; † July 27, 2014 ) was a Swiss ice hockey player who was one of the best strikers in National League A in the late 1950s and 1960s and who played with the Swiss national team at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d ' Ampezzo participated.

Career

Naef began his career at HC Davos , for whom he played in the National League A between 1949 and 1954 and became Swiss champion in 1950 at the age of 16 . He was then active at Lausanne HC until the end of the 1959/60 season , with whom he rose to the NLA in 1957.

Between 1960 and 1969 he played for HC Servette , with whom he was promoted to the National League A in 1964. With Lausanne and Servette, he was the top scorer in the National League six times - in 1959, 1960 and from 1965 to 1968. Naef also holds the record for the most goals in a game - on January 21, 1967, he scored eight goals in a 12-3 win of Servette against the Neuchâtel Young Sprinters HC . He played his last game on February 15, 1969 against HC La Chaux-de-Fonds , which Servette defeated 7-3.

Fritz Naef was called “Nasli” because he suffered six nasal fractures in the course of his career. After retiring from active sport, he worked as a chauffeur for a limousine service. On September 25, 2004, his number 6 was blocked by Servette. Naef died in July 2014 at the age of 80.

International

Naef took part in a total of four world championships (1955, 1956, 1961 and 1962) and the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Naef played a total of 51 international matches for the national team, scoring 52 goals.

successes

  • 1966 Top scorer in the National League A
  • 1967 runner-up with the Genève-Servette HC
  • 1967 Top scorer in the National League A
  • 1968 runner-up with the Genève-Servette HC
  • 1968 top scorer in the National League A.
  • 1969 runner-up with the Genève-Servette HC

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carnet Noir - Fritz Naef nous a quittés. gshc.ch, accessed on July 29, 2014 .
  2. ↑ a b Blick.ch , hockey legend and record holder Naef († 80) is dead , July 28, 2014
  3. ↑ a b Neue Zürcher Zeitung , obituary: On the death of Fritz Naef , July 28, 2014
  4. ↑ a b hockeyfans.ch, Fritz Naef died , July 28, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Naef, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 2014
Place of death Switzerland