Dr Max Gerhard
Holsboer
Male
Switzerland
1883-07-29
Davos, Switzerland
1958-01-12
Zurich, Switzerland
The following piece was translated and slightly adapted from the Wikipedia entry in German on Max Holsboer, which can be viewed here:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Holsboer
Max Holsboer was born the seventh child of Willem Jan Holsboer, one of the founders of the spa town of Davos and the Rhaetian Railway, and his second wife, Ursula Holsboer (née Büsch). Through his brother-in-law Lucius Spengler, Max Holsboer knew Carl Spengler, the founder of the Spengler Cup in Davos. Max Holsboer married Anna Seibold in 1912.
Max Holsboer was a chemist by training. He studied under Professor Amé Pictet in Genevaa and obtained a doctorate in chemistry in June 1912. He subsequently ran the company Dr. Holsboer & Co. He was also the owner of a patent for the production of carbides.
Max Holsboer started his ice hockey career at the Genève-Servette Hockey Club. In 1917, he moved to Berlin, where he became captain of the Berlin Ice Skating Club and won several German championship titles. As a foreigner, he received special permission to attend these championship games. With the Swiss national ice hockey team, he took part in the 1920 Summer Olympics, when Switzerland finished fifth. Four years later, at the 1924 Winter Olympics, he was again part of the national squad, but was not called upon to play.
In addition to ice hockey, Holsboer worked as a tennis coach, mentoring Leni Riefenstahl, amongst others. She helped him get several roles in feature films in the 1930s, such as The Blue Light and Lowland.
1909 - 1925
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17
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1910 - Swiss National Championships (Open)
Round 3
Hendrik (Henk) Timmer 1 *
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Georg Demasius 1 *
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer
?
Round 1
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer 1 *
Rudolf Badt
w.o.
Round 2
Daniel (Dan) Prenn 1 *
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer 1 *
Freiherr Curt Von Baumbach
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Georg Gumpel 1 *
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer
6-3
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer 1 *
Dr F. Hack
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 1 *
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Albrecht Ludtke (Lüdke) 1 *
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer
2-6
6-4
ret.
Round 2
Otto Froitzheim 1 *
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Alfred Warburton Davson 1 *
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer
6-4
6-2
Final
Armand Charles Simon 1 *
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer
7-5
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer 1 *
Mr. Rodlich
w.o.
Round 2
J. de K. Bowen 1 *
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer
6-0
6-4
Round 1
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer 1 *
Mr. Konta
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Archie Clare (Archie) Holland 1 *
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Charles Barde 1 *
Dr Max Gerhard Holsboer
6-2
6-2