Roger Bureau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roger Bureau

ice hockey player

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1909

Place of Birth: Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 01-Apr-1945

Profession: speed skater, ice hockey player

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Roger Eugene Bureau (1 February 1905 – c.
11 April 1945) was a Belgian speed skater and ice hockey player.
As a speed skater he finished seventh at the 1926 European Championships.
As a hockey player he won a silver medal at the Ice Hockey European Championship 1927, and finished fifth and 13th at the 1928 and 1936 Winter Olympics, respectively.
During World War II Bureau served with the Allied forces.
On 21 April 1944 he was arrested near the French-Spanish border, placed in a German prison camp, and executed in April 1945.