Walter Salzmann (ice hockey player)

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Walter Salzmann Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 19, 1936
place of birth Visp , Switzerland
date of death September 12, 2012
Place of death Brig , Switzerland
Size 185 cm
Weight 90 kg
position striker
Career stations
1960s EHC Visp
1970s HC Sion

Walter Salzmann (born May 19, 1936 in Visp ; † September 12, 2012 in Brig ) was a Swiss ice hockey striker . His grandson is Fabian Heldner .

Career

During his career, Walter Salzmann played for two clubs - the EHC Visp , with which he was promoted to the NLA in 1960, where he won the Swiss championship title in 1962 and was relegated from the NLA in 1972, and at HC Sion , where he acted as player-coach.

After his career as a player, he was temporarily a coach at EHC Visp and also President of EHC Visp, of which he later became honorary president.

Salzmann played internationally for Switzerland and took part in the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1963 B World Championship .

Outside of sport, he built up the company Salzmann AG ied engineering. Politically, he was active as a councilor in Visp and in the Grand Council of the Canton of Valais .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Neue Zürcher Zeitung, September 12, 2012: "Valais from old grist and grain: On the death of Walter Salzmann"
  2. ↑ www.1815.ch, December 31, 2015: "Oberwalliser Duo at HC Davos"
  3. ↑ hockeyfans.at, September 12, 2012: "EHC Visp legend and honorary president Walter Salzmann passed away"
  4. ↑ EHC Visp; "The men on the gang"
  5. ↑ Blick, September 12, 2012: "Visp legend Salzmann (76) is dead" Online version September 13, 2012
  6. ↑ salzmannag.ch
personal data
SURNAME Salzmann, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player, trainer and official as well as entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Visp
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 2012
Place of death Brig