Friedensreich Hundertwasser had a number of sports he played as a kiddo growing up in Austria.
The main one was of course football (or soccer as a lot of you guys call it) however in Austria every man and his dog plays football so that was out of the running as a possible career.
He sampled the sport of rugby union which was right up his street. He was invited to play for the Austrian team but alas, rugby doesn't pay the bucks like hockey or soccer so unfortunately he had to jack that in and focus on becoming a demonic centre in the SHL.
Friedensreich Hundertwasser has a dad who was always his greatest fan. He would come to all practices and every game cheering from the front row. When he was asked when he realised his son was going to make it to the biggest of big leagues. Hundertwassers reply wast of course. He's my son