Bibi Torriani, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bibi Torriani

Swiss ice hockey player and coach

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1911

Place of Birth: St. Moritz, Graubünden, Switzerland

Date of Death: 03-Sep-1988

Profession: ice hockey coach, ice hockey player, luger

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Richard "Bibi" "Riccardo" Torriani (1 October 1911 – 3 September 1988) was a Swiss ice hockey player and coach, and luge athlete. 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.
He was chosen as the flag bearer for Switzerland at the 1948 Winter Olympics, and recited the Olympic Oath at the same games hosted in St.
Moritz. He later served as head coach of the Switzerland and Italy men's national ice hockey teams, and led EHC Visp to a National League A championship.
He won a silver medal competing in men's singles at the FIL World Luge Championships 1957 held in Davos, Switzerland. He is considered the best Swiss ice hockey player ever, and was inducted into the inaugural class of the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997.
He is the namesake of the Torriani Award, given by the International Ice Hockey Federation since 2015 to recognize a player for a great international playing career.