Jacques Lacarrière (ice hockey player)

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Jacques Lacarrière (born September 12, 1906 in Paris , † July 28, 2005 ibid) was a French ice hockey player and sports official. His sons Philippe and Thierry were also professional ice hockey players.

Career

Jacques Lacarrière played for the French national ice hockey team between 1928 and 1938 and took part in the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz in 1928 and in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936 , as well as in the ice hockey world championships in 1930 , 1932 , 1934 , 1935 and 1937 . He made a total of 53 international matches for his home country, 28 of which he played as team captain.

The Jacques Lacarrière Trophy

In the French championship he played from 1928 to 1931 for the Club Sportive d'Hiver de Paris . In 1933 he founded the Français Volants de Paris association , which enjoyed great popularity in France in the 1930s. With the team he won the French championship three times in a row as a player in 1936, 1937 and 1938 . With his team he won the championship of the city of Paris five times. In addition, he promoted the development of French ice hockey as early as the mid-1930s by founding ice hockey schools for children and young people.

In 1941 Jacques Lacarrière was one of the founding members of the French ice sports federation, Fédération française des sports de glace , of which he was temporarily vice-president and general secretary. From 1945 to 1960 he was president of the national ice hockey committee and between 1947 and 1964 he represented France at 25 congresses of the IIHF .

Lacarrière was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1998 as the second Frenchman after Louis Magnus - as a player . In 2008 he was accepted into the newly established French Hockey Hall of Fame. In his honor, the winner of the Trophée des Champions between the French champion and the winner of the Coupe de France receives the "Trophée Jacques Lacarrière". He was also elected to the Gloires du Sport national hall of fame in 2007 , where journalists select the best French athletes of all time. With the rank of Chevalier he received the Ordre national du Mérite .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1998 induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame
  • 2007 admission to the Gloires du Sport
  • In 2008 he was inducted into the French Hockey Hall of Fame

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Passionhockey.com, Jacques Lacarrière élu parmi les Gloires du Sport

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personal data
SURNAME Lacarrière, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French ice hockey player and sports official
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 2005
Place of death Paris , France