Bob Cleary
| Bob Cleary | |||||||||||||||||
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 Bob and Bill Cleary | |||||||||||||||||
| Born |
April 21, 1936 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Died |
September 16, 2015 (aged 79) Hyannis, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1951–1960 | ||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Robert Barry Cleary (April 21, 1936 – September 16, 2015) was an American ice hockey player.[1] Cleary was a member of the American 1960 Winter Olympics team that won the gold medal, teaming up as he did at Harvard with his brother Bill. Bob was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1981.
While at Harvard, the Cleary brothers played collegiate summer baseball together for the now defunct Sagamore Clouters of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[2][3][4]
Awards and honors
[edit]| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| AHCA Second Team All-American | 1956–57 |
| AHCA East All-American | 1957–58 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Robert B Cleary Obituary (2015) Boston Herald".
- ^ "Ivy League players in the Cape League". capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
- ^ "Cleary Misses Cycle By Single In Sagamore Win". Falmouth Enterprise. Falmouth, MA. July 23, 1957. p. 4.
- ^ "Sagamore Wins Make-up Game". Falmouth Enterprise. Falmouth, MA. July 18, 1958. p. 4.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- United States Hockey Hall of Fame bio
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