HOCKEY PLAYER

Bibi Torriani

1911 - 1988

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Richard "Bibi" Torriani (1 October 1911 – 3 September 1988) was a Swiss ice hockey player and coach, and luge athlete, also known as Riccardo Torriani. He played for HC Davos from 1929 to 1950, and served as captain of the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team from 1933 to 1939. He scored 105 goals in 111 international matches for the national team, won two bronze medals in ice hockey at the Olympic Games and won an additional four medals at the Ice Hockey World Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bibi Torriani has received more than 28,380 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Bibi Torriani is the 28th most popular hockey player (up from 39th in 2019), the 529th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 541st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Bibi Torriani ranks 28 out of 676Before him are Igor Larionov, Roman Čechmánek, Guy Lafleur, René Fasel, Viktor Konovalenko, and Vladimír Martinec. After him are Alexander Yakushev, Karel Hartmann, Oldřich Machač, Teemu Selänne, Ladislav Troják, and Vladimír Zábrodský.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Bibi Torriani ranks 278Before him are Zoltán Beke, Álvaro Cunqueiro, Alberto Galateo, Edgar Sanabria, Gypsy Rose Lee, and István Énekes. After him are Frederick Seitz, Michel Pécheux, Bas Paauwe, Jack Finney, Sakari Tuomioja, and Sufia Kamal. Among people deceased in 1988, Bibi Torriani ranks 185Before him are Liang Shuming, Mildred Gillars, Victorio Unamuno, Marta Abba, Alfred Kelbassa, and Jan Brzák-Felix. After him are María Teresa León, Harry Lundahl, Ferit Melen, Guillermo Haro, Pavel Kadochnikov, and Mike Beuttler.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Bibi Torriani ranks 529 out of 1,015Before him are Heinrich Zollinger (1818), Ludwig von Moos (1910), Rudolf Gnägi (1917), Béatrix Beck (1914), Pipilotti Rist (1962), and Jacques Chessex (1934). After him are Kubilay Türkyilmaz (1967), Paul Scherrer (1890), Urs Widmer (1938), Adolf Muschg (1934), Denise Biellmann (1962), and Johannes Müller Argoviensis (1828).

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Switzerland

Among hockey players born in Switzerland, Bibi Torriani ranks 2Before him are René Fasel (1950). After him are Andres Ambühl (1983), Martin Gerber (1974), Mark Streit (1977), David Aebischer (1978), Jonas Hiller (1982), Roman Josi (1990), Raphael Diaz (1986), Sven Andrighetto (1993), Yannick Weber (1988), and Nino Niederreiter (1992).