46 Facts About Paul Loicq

Paul Loicq was a Belgian lawyer, businessman and ice hockey player, coach, referee and administrator.

Paul Loicq played ice hockey for Belgium men's national ice hockey team and won four bronze medals from in 1910 to 1914.

Paul Loicq was a leading supporter of the efforts to introduce ice hockey at the Olympic Games, and served on the organizing committee for ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Paul Loicq was an international ice hockey referee from 1924 to 1937 at the Olympic Games, the Ice Hockey World Championships and the Ice Hockey European Championships.

Paul Loicq served in the Belgian Army during World War I and World War II, achieved the rank of colonel, and represented Belgium as legal counsel at the Nuremberg trials.

Paul Loicq was the first European to be inducted, and was credited as the main person who introduced hockey to the Olympics.

Paul Loicq inducted into the inaugural class of the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997, and was credited for growing the game of hockey in Europe and raising its worldwide profile.

Paul Loicq was a speed skater as a youth, and later adapted to playing hockey.

Paul Loicq played on the Belgium men's national ice hockey team at the Ice Hockey European Championships in the 1910,1911, and 1914 competitions.

Paul Loicq played for the national team at the 1912 LIHG Championship and won bronze.

Paul Loicq played in three consecutive Belgian Championships with CDP Bruxelles from 1912 to 1914, and was a national champion in 1914.

Paul Loicq returned to play with the Belgian national team in 1921, during an international match with Club des Sports d'Hiver de Paris in 1921, and made his final playing appearance with the team at the Ice Hockey European Championship 1925.

Paul Loicq served in the Belgian Army during World War I, and earned a citation for bravery.

Paul Loicq was a leader in the Belgian Resistance against the German occupation of Belgium during World War II, and rose to the rank of colonel.

Paul Loicq was actively involved in organization and management sports as an athlete.

Paul Loicq served as president of the Skaters Club of Brussels, the Belgian Federation of Skaters and the Belgian League for Winter Sports.

Paul Loicq was a leading supporter of the efforts to introduce ice hockey at the Olympic Games.

Paul Loicq's efforts were rewarded in January 1920, when the choice was made to include ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Paul Loicq served on the Belgian organizing committee for the hockey tournament at the Olympics.

Paul Loicq served as president of the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation from 1920 to 1935.

Paul Loicq succeeded Henri Van den Bulcke, who was the founding president of the RBIHF.

Paul Loicq served as head coach of Belgium at the Ice Hockey European Championship 1927.

Paul Loicq led Belgium to a silver medal, and a second-place finish to the Austria men's national ice hockey team.

Paul Loicq's team included captain Willy Kreitz as the best player of the tournament, and Pierre Van Reysschoot.

Paul Loicq later arranged Belgian Championships on frozen ponds until three new rinks opened in Brussels between 1933 and 1935.

Paul Loicq served as vice-president of the Belgian Olympic Committee, and confirmed that Belgium would participate in the 1932 Winter Olympics hosted in Lake Placid, New York.

Paul Loicq was elected president of the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace in 1922 to succeed Max Sillig.

Paul Loicq served in the role for 25 years until 1947 during a period of growth for the LIHG.

Paul Loicq had several disagreements with the planning of ice hockey at the 1932 Winter Olympics.

Paul Loicq mediated two protests by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association for the hockey tournament.

Paul Loicq agreed that the suspended players could not be used in the Olympics, but Canada relented on its protest on the eve of the Olympics due to international pressure, and not being aware that Paul Loicq had agreed to the suspensions.

Paul Loicq later called an emergency meeting regarding the format of the finals protested by Canada, which was denied in a vote of delegates.

Paul Loicq later denied accusations from Canadian Amateur Hockey Association president E A Gilroy that the rules were changed during the event.

Paul Loicq felt that the resolutions were passed since member associations did not want to play against multiple teams in the British Empire with Canadian-trained players.

Paul Loicq was expected to report on investigations into professionalism in the amateur game at the World Championships.

The World Championship resumed in 1947, and Paul Loicq completed one final year as president of the LIHG.

Paul Loicq resigned during the 1947 congress after 25 years as president, and was succeeded by Fritz Kraatz from Switzerland.

Paul Loicq was an international ice hockey referee from 1924 to 1937, which coincided with his presidency of the LIHG.

Paul Loicq worked at least 60 international matches during his career, and founded the International College of Referees to grow the talent pool of officials.

Paul Loicq was named honorary president of the LIHG upon his resignation in 1947.

Paul Loicq was posthumously voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1960, and the Belgian Olympic Committee presented his widow with the Hall of Fame crest.

Paul Loicq was formally inducted into the Hall of Fame's builder category in 1961.

Paul Loicq became the first European to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, and is the only Belgian to be inducted as of 2019.

Paul Loicq was posthumously inducted at a ceremony in Helsinki, during the 1997 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.

Paul Loicq was inducted into the builder's category, and is the only inductee from Belgium as of 2019.

The IIHF Hall of Fame credits Paul Loicq for growing the game of hockey in Europe and raising its worldwide profile through the foundation of the Ice Hockey World Championships and the Olympic Games competitions.