Wilhelm Max Gerhard Holsboer (sometimes ''Holzboer''; 29 July 1883 – 12 January 1958) was a
Swiss
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ice hockey
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player who competed in the
1920 Summer Olympics
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. 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
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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
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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
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