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Wilhelm Max Gerhard Holsboer (sometimes ''Holzboer''; 29 July 1883 – 12 January 1958) was a
Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
player who competed in the
1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i ...
. He later appeared in several films. In 1920, he participated with the Swiss ice hockey team in the Summer Olympics tournament.


Life

Holsboer was born 29 July 1883 in Chur, Switzerland, the youngest of seven children, to Willem Jan Holsboer, a Dutch-born Swiss citizen who was primarily known for founding Rhaetian Railways and turning
Davos Davos (, ; or ; ; Old ) is an Alpine resort town and municipality in the Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of (). Davos is located on the river Landwasser, in the Rhaetian ...
into a tourism destination, and Ursula Holsboer (
née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...
Busch), a native of Davos.


Personal life

He was married to Anna Seibold, they did not have any children.


Selected filmography

*'' The Call of the North'' (1929)


See also

List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Switzerland


References


External links

* 1883 births 1958 deaths HC Davos players Ice hockey people from Geneva Ice hockey players at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland Swiss male film actors {{Switzerland-icehockey-bio-stub