Paul Lob

 

Lob, Paul

Position : D

13-07-1893 La-Tour-de-Peilz, SUI
22-02-1955 Montreux, SUI

 
A stellar defenseman who had played competitive hockey since 1916.
Captained Switzerland at the 1920 Olympics and was an authority in the dressing room.
Was of Jewish origin. Played for HC Villars in the mid-1920s.
Also an avid skier who was a member of the local club in Aigle where he lived, Le Ski-Club d’Aigle.
Was in the military his entire adult life. His natural born leadership skills came to good use during WW II when he was a captain.
In later years he worked as a driving instructor at a school in Montreux.
Buried at the family grave at the Jewish cemetery in La Tour-de-Peilz.
PH

 
Défenseur cométaire qui démarra le hockey de compétition en 1916.
Capitaine de la Suisse pour les JO de 1920, c'était l'autorité dans le vestiaire.
D'origine juive. Il jouait pour le HC Villars au milieu des années 1920.
Excellent skieur également, membre du Ski-Club d’Aigle, la ville où il vivait.
Militaire de carrière, ses qualités naturelles de meneur furent utiles durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale où il fut capitaine.
Il termina sa carrière comme moniteur d'auto-école à Montreux.
Enterré dans le caveau familial du cimetière juif de La Tour-de-Peilz.
PH-SB

 


1920 OG  SUIc  2   0   0   0   -   HC Servette

Elite          2   0   0   0   -

 

 

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