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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. Playing for HC Davos, he won 18 Swiss championships and six Spengler Cups. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bibi Torriani is the 40th most popular hockey player (down from 29th in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 529th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Bibi Torriani ranks 40 out of 676. Before him are Ernie Collett, Oldřich Machač, Vladimír Martinec, Ladislav Troják, Otakar Vindyš, and Peter Forsberg. After him are Marcel Dionne, Frank Sullivan, Alexander Yakushev, Erich Kühnhackl, Alexei Kasatonov, and Viktor Konovalenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Bibi Torriani ranks 300. Before him are Bruno Heim, József Háda, Gedeon Barcza, Gyula Lázár, Maurice Goldhaber, and Sándor Bíró. After him are Butterfly McQueen, Katherine DeMille, Joseph Alcazar, Philibert Smellinckx, Jeanette Nolan, and Michael Hordern. Among people deceased in 1988, Bibi Torriani ranks 204. Before him are Carlos Manuel Piedra, Liang Shuming, Louis Versyp, Heather O'Rourke, Louis L'Amour, and Sándor Bíró. After him are Alberto Uria, Memphis Slim, Henry Johansen, Pavel Kadochnikov, José María Peña, and Roger Hargreaves.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Bibi Torriani ranks 558 out of 1,015. Before him are Georges Miez (1904), Joël Dicker (1985), Marc Delafontaine (1838), Pascal Zuberbühler (1971), Max de Terra (1918), and Albert Rösti (1967). After him are Willy Kernen (1929), Simon Ammann (1981), Hans-Peter Tschudi (1913), Loris Kessel (1950), Ciriaco Sforza (1970), and Vittore Gottardi (1941).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Switzerland

Among hockey players born in Switzerland, Bibi Torriani ranks 2. Before him are René Fasel (1950). After him are Andres Ambühl (1983), Martin Gerber (1974), Mark Streit (1977), Kevin Fiala (1996), Roman Josi (1990), David Aebischer (1978), Jonas Hiller (1982), Raphael Diaz (1986), Nino Niederreiter (1992), and Sven Andrighetto (1993).

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