Gordon Smith (ice hockey)
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1932 Lake Placid | Team | |
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Team |
Gordon Smith (February 14, 1908 – October 22, 1999) was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics and 1936 Winter Olympics.
Early life[edit]
Smith was a native of Winchester, Massachusetts. He briefly attended Boston University before playing for the Boston Olympics and Boston Hockey Club.[1]
Career[edit]
Smith was a member of the United States men's national ice hockey team, which won the silver medal at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.[2] He played one match and scored one goal. Four years later, he was again member of the American ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all eight matches and scored one goal.
Death[edit]
Smith died in Westwood, Massachusetts.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ "1936 Winter Games". Vintage Minnesota Hockey - History. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
- ^ Ortloff, George Christian; Ortloff, Stephen C. (1976). Lake Placid, the Olympic Years, 1932-1980: A Portrait of America's Premier Winter Resort. Macromedia. ISBN 978-0-9601170-1-7.
External links[edit]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Gordon Smith at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Gordon Smith at Olympics.com
Categories:
- 1908 births
- 1999 deaths
- American men's ice hockey forwards
- Boston Olympics players
- Ice hockey players at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in ice hockey
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey
- Sportspeople from Winchester, Massachusetts
- American Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- American ice hockey player stubs