Hermann Weiß

Hermann “Harry” Weiß was the goalie of his club Wiener EV and also for many years for the Austrian national team. He tended the Austrian goal in all six games at the 1928 and 1936 Winter Olympics and was nominated for the Austrian ice hockey team that was withdrawn from the 1924 Winter Olympic tournament at the last minute.

Weiß also played at the 1926 European Championship and four World Championships (1930-31, 1933, 1935). For his last season 1938/39, he joined EHC St. Moritz in Switzerland. Weiß was said to have “disgraced and tarnished” the Austrians with his actions at the 1928 Winter Olympics, and he, Walter Sell, and Herbert Klang were suspended for 10 months from the national team, although what they actually did is not clear.