Carl Erhardt

Carl Erhardt

Carl Alfred Erhardt (February 15, 1897 in BeckenhamMay 3, 1988) was an English ice hockey player who captained the British national team to numerous international championships in the 1930s, including Olympic gold at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Early years

Unlike most British hockey players of the era, Erhardt did not grow up in Canada. Rather, he learned the game of hockey while attending school in Germany and Switzerland as a boy. Erhardt was a passionate defenseman, sometimes playing in excess of 40 minutes each game. [http://www.bihwa.co.uk/hall_of_fame/erhardt.htm] An excellent athlete, Erhardt also excelled at tennis, skiing and water-skiing. (He founded the British Water Ski Federation.) [http://www.azhockey.com/Er.htm]

National team success

Erhardt was a member of the European and World Championship teams in 1931, the World Championship team in 1934 and 1935, and the captain of the team which won the European and World Championships, along with Olympic gold, in 1936. Of the twelve members of the 1936 team, Erhardt was the only one who was not a Canadian citizen of British birth or descent. Thirty-nine years old at the time, Erhardt is the oldest man ever to win an Olympic gold in ice hockey. [http://www.azhockey.com/Er.htm] The British defeated the prohibitive favourites, the Canadians, in capturing Great Britain's first and only gold medal in ice hockey.

Retirement

After his Olympic success, Erhardt retired from hockey. He wrote a book in 1937 titled "Ice Hockey", became a referee, and joined the Council of the British Ice Hockey Association, of which he became a lifetime Vice-President. Erhardt was elected to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1950, and was post-humously elected to the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998.

See also

* Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics

References

* [http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/features/feature/display.var.689646.0.playing_games_with_the_nazis.php Playing Games with the Nazis]
* [http://www.bihwa.co.uk/hall_of_fame/erhardt.htm Carl Erhardt]
* [http://www.azhockey.com/Er.htm A to Z Encyclopaedia of Hockey]

Persondata
NAME= Erhardt, Carl Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH= February 15, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH= Beckenham, England
DATE OF DEATH= May 3, 1988
PLACE OF DEATH= Not known


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