Heini Lohrer
Heinrich " Heini " Lohr ( born June 29, 1918 in Arosa, † 12 December, 2011 Oberengstringen ) was a Swiss ice hockey player. During his career he won at the Olympic Winter Games in 1948 in St. Moritz and won the bronze medal at the Ice Hockey Championship 1939 title. In addition, he won two league titles with the Swiss Zürcher SC.
Career
The Arosa directly grown next to the ice rink Upper Lake Heini Lohr learned the Hockey along with his brothers Werner and Karl at EHC Arosa. In 1934 he moved as a 16- year-old for a business education to Zurich and continued his sports career continued with the Zurich Ice Club (SAC ), where he earned a legendary " he" made - storm with the two brothers Charlie and Herbert Kessler and later Fredy Bieler in 1937. His talent on the ice was compared with that of " Bibi " Torriani. Speed and technique made him the engine of the ZSC and also in the national team on the international stage as one of the major actors. He scored his first international goal with 18 years, after which he sent his mother in recognition of a whole roast chicken to Zurich.
Lohr played 74 matches and scored 64 goals. In the national team he played mostly with the brothers Kessler in a forward line, and although this formation had to meet internationally mainly defensive duties, it brought the trio in total 228 international games on 95 goals. In 1939 he became European Champion with Switzerland in Basle in 1948 and helped with the first victory of a European team against Canada ( 8:5 ), where he lost several teeth.
In the same year he played the Olympic ice hockey tournament in St. Moritz, where the Swiss team took third place and attended by his older brother Werner participated as the defender. With the ZSC he was in 1936 and 1949 Swiss Champion and won 1944 and 1945 Spengler Cup. 1950 saw the move of the ZSC Lohr from the ice field Dolder to the Hallenstadion. In the later phase of his career, the players were called to his side Otto Schubiger, Heinz Behind Kircher or Walter Guggenbühl. In between, he assisted in the adjoining office the Young- Sprinters Hockey Club.
Heini Lohr came back in 1953 from the active sport of ice hockey. The ZSC - storm colleagues Fredy Bieler he then moved to the management of computational Maschinenfabrik AG Precisa. Under the company name he organized for some time the Vorsaisonturnier the ZSC. During leisure, his passion belonged to the curling and the game of golf. Lohr was the father of five daughters.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
- Silver medal at the European Championships
- Gold medal at the European Championships
- Bronze medal at the World Championships
- Silver medal at the European Championships