Hermann Herbert Maria "Harry" Weiss (b. March 17, 1909 - d. May 16, 1979) was an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player. He played as a

goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as the goalie) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender mostly plays in or near t ...

for the club

Wiener EV Wiener Eislaufverein (Wiener EV, WEV; Vienna Ice Skating Club) is an ice-sports club located in Vienna, Austria. They were founded in 1867 and the club’s greatest successes have been in ice hockey, figure skating, and speed skating. The club a ...

and the

Austria men's national ice hockey team The Austrian men's national hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Austria. The team is controlled by Österreichischer Eishockeyverband. As of 2022 the Austrian team is ranked 18th in the IIHF World Rankings. Austria has not won ...

. He competed at multiple

Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were he ...

and

Ice Hockey World Championships The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annua ...

Life and career

Weiss was born in 1909. Weiss competed at the 1926 Ice Hockey European Championship, in

ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, was the third Olympic Championship, also serving as the third World Championships and the 13th European Championships. Canada, represented by the Univer ...

, the

1930 Ice Hockey World Championships The 1930 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between January 30 and February 10, 1930, in Chamonix, France, Vienna, Austria, and Berlin, Germany. This event was the first world championships independent of hockey at the Olympics. Canada, ...

, the 1931 Ice Hockey World Championships, the 1933 Ice Hockey World Championships, the 1935 Ice Hockey World Championships, and in

ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, was the fifth Olympic Championship, also serving as the tenth World Championships and the 21st European Championships. The British national ice h ...

. Weiss played in all six games during the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...

and

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

as a goaltender. He was nominated for the Austrian ice hockey team for the

1924 Winter Olympics The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (french: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 ( frp, Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France ...

that was withdrawn at the last minute. After the 1928 Winter Olympics, Weiss was suspended from the Austrian national ice hockey team for ten months alongside Herbert Klang and

Walter Sell Walter Karl Arthur Sell (b. October 4, 1906 - April 30, 1966) was an Austrian ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french ...

. It is unclear what caused this suspension. Weiss played his last season of ice hockey in 1938-1939, where he joined the Swiss ice hockey team.

EHC St. Moritz EHC St. Moritz is a Swiss ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In i ...

. Weiss fled to

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...

at the start of 1939 after persecution by

Nazis Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Na ...

in Austria because of his Jewish descent.

References

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Olympic ice hockey tournament 1928
* 1909 births 1979 deaths Austrian emigrants to the United Kingdom Austrian ice hockey goaltenders Austrian people of Jewish descent Ice hockey people from Vienna Ice hockey players at the 1928 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Austria {{Austria-icehockey-bio-stub