Walter Salzmann (13 May 1936 - 12 September 2012) was a Swiss professional
ice hockey
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forward
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who played for
EHC Visp
EHC Visp is a Switzerland, Swiss professional ice hockey team based in Visp and competing in the Swiss League (SL). The club was founded in 1939 and became Swiss champion in 1962. Visp has also won the league title in NLB three times; 1960, 2011 a ...
in the
National League A
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. He also represented the
Swiss national team at the
1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a ...
.
References
External links
Walter Salzmann's stats at Sports-Reference.com
1936 births
2012 deaths
Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland
Swiss ice hockey forwards
Ice hockey people from Valais
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