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USA William Klatt
ATSE Graz / Austria - 78/79
1-time Austrian Champion 1
Date of Birth
Oct 16, 1947
Position
RW
Age
Height
5'11" / 180 cm
Place of Birth
St. Paul, MN, USA
Weight
185 lbs / 84 kg
Nation
USA
Shoots
R
Youth Team
-
Contract
-

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William Klatt Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1962-63 Hill-Murray School USHS-MN -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1963-64 Hill-Murray School USHS-MN -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1964-65 Hill-Murray School USHS-MN -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1966-67 Univ. of Minnesota NCAA 28* 10* 13* 23* 12* -* |
1967-68 Univ. of Minnesota NCAA 31* 23* 20* 43* 14* -* |
1968-69 Univ. of Minnesota “C” NCAA 30* 19* 22* 41* 24* -* |
Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 4* 1* 1* 2* 0* -* |
1969-70 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 40* 7* 15* 22* 38* -* |
1970-71 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 71* 34* 41* 75* 37* -* | Playoffs 5 1 0 1 4 -
1971-72 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 66* 34* 41* 75* 26* -* | Playoffs 6 5 9 14 2 -
1972-73 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 78* 36* 22* 58* 22* -* | Playoffs 6 1 3 4 5 -
1973-74 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 65* 14* 6* 20* 12* -* | Playoffs 11 3 2 5 18 -
1974-75 Omaha Knights CHL 60* 20* 25* 45* 24* -* | Playoffs 4 1 1 2 4 -
1975-76 HC Salzburg Austria 28* 30* 19* 49* -* -* |
USA WC 10* 3* 1* 4* 0* -* |
1976-77 ATSE Graz Austria 32* 46* 23* 69* 74* -* |
1977-78 ATSE Graz Austria 37* 36* 32* 68* -* -* |
1978-79 ATSE Graz Austria 30* 32* 20* 52* -* -* |

William Klatt Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Austria 4 127* 144* 94* 238* 1.87* 74* -* | 0 * * * * * *
CHL 5 241* 96* 123* 219* 0.91* 125* -* | 3 15 7 * 10 * 17 * 1.13 * 10 * - *
NCAA 3 89* 52* 55* 107* 1.20* 50* -* | 0 * * * * * *
USHS-MN 3 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WC 1 10* 3* 1* 4* 0.40* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WHA 2 143* 50* 28* 78* 0.55* 34* -* | 2 17 4 * 5 * 9 * 0.53 * 23 * - *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

William Klatt Career Highlights

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Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for ATSE Graz

William 'Bill' Klatt, born on October 16th 1947 in Minneapolis, MN, USA, started his professional career with the CHL's Oklahoma City Blazers. After scoring 189 points in 192 games, he joined the Minnesota Fighting Saints from the World Hockey Association (WHA). In the summer of 1975 he sought a change of scenery and moved overseas to Austria, where he joined HC Salzburg. One year later, he went on to Graz, where he became the Austrian league's top scorer in two consecutive seasons. Klatt was part of ATSE's championship winning team in 1978 and retired after a third year with the club in 1979. In four seasons in Austria he scored a total of 238 points (144 goals, 94 assists) in 127 games. William Klatt was also part of the United States' national team at the World Championships 1976 in Poland, a tournament the USA finished in fourth place.
William Klatt passed away December 23rd, 2011 in Afton, MN, USA due to leukemia. (by Hannes Biedermann)