Karl Wild

Karl Wild
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born(1917-11-23)23 November 1917
Munich, Germany
Died27 April 1975(1975-04-27) (aged 57)
Munich, West Germany
Sport
SportIce hockey

Karl Wild (23 November 1917 – 27 April 1975) was a German ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Winter Olympics.[1]

Career

Wild played his entire career for SC Riessersee between 1932 to 1952, scoring over 500 goals and achieving six German Championships.[2] He coached the German national team during the 1960 Winter Olympics.[3]

He served as acting chairman of FC Bayern Munich in 1955.[4] He was inducted into the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988.[5]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karl Wild Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Wählen Sie die Legenden des SC Riessersee!" (in German). merkur.de. 13 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Karl Wild". Olympedia.org.
  4. ^ "FC Bayern members' club presidents". FC Bayern Munich.
  5. ^ "Die Mitglieder". German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame (in German). Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2019.