Bill Klatt, 64; Played for Minnesota Fighting Saints (World Hockey Association)

[Bill Schenley]

Former Gophers and Fighting Saints player Bill Klatt dies at 64

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FROM: The Twin Cities Pioneer Press ~
By Staff

Bill Klatt, a former Minnesota Fighting Saints and University of Minnesota
hockey forward, died today at his home in Afton after a three-year battle
with leukemia.

Klatt, 64, played hockey, football and baseball at St. Paul Hill High School
(now Hill-Murray).

As a junior, under the direction of Gophers coach Glen Sonmore during the
1967-68 season, Klatt led the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in
scoring with 23 goals and 20 assists. He also set an NCAA record that season
for the fastest goal at the start of a game - five seconds - on Jan. 13,
1968, against Michigan.

Klatt played two seasons with the Fighting Saints of the World Hockey
Association.

Afterward, he played one season with the Omaha Knights of the Central Hockey
League, four seasons in Austria's professional hockey league and as a member
of the 1976 U.S. national team.

Following his hockey career, he was the owner of Heppner's Auto Body shops.

CHL/WHA stats:
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=8294