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United States At The 1952 Winter Olympics
The United States competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Medalists The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded. , width="78%" align="left" valign="top" , , width=22% align=left valign=top , Alpine skiing Men Women Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Figure skating Individual Mixed Ice hockey The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating. Summary Roster Tournament *Norway 2-3 USA *USA 8-2 Germany FR *USA 8-2 Finland *USA 8-2 Switzerland *Sweden 4-2 USA *USA 5-3 Poland *USA 6-3 Czechoslovakia *Canada 3-3 USA Nordic combined The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section. The ski jumping (normal hill) event w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Olympic Committee
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States. It was founded in 1895 as the United States Olympic Committee, and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The USOPC is one of only four NOCs in the world that also serve as the National Paralympic Committee for their country. The USOPC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing U.S. teams for the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Youth Olympic Games, Pan American Games, and Parapan American Games and serves as the steward of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements in the United States. The Olympic Movement is overseen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC is supported by 35 international federations that govern each sport on a global level, National Olympic Committees that oversee Olympic sport as a whole in their respective nations, and national federations that administer each sport at the nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Benham
Stanley Delong Benham (December 21, 1913 – April 22, 1970) was an American bobsledder who competed from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, he barely lost the gold medals in both the two-man and four-man events. Benham also won seven medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (Four-man: 1949, 1950), four silvers (Two-man: 1950, 1951; Four-man: 1951, 1961), and one bronze (Two-man: 1954). After retiring from bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ..., Benham served as a sports official with the FIBT (International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation). External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Benham, Stanley 1913 births 1970 deaths Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Oss
Arnold Carl "Arnie" Oss, Jr. (born April 18, 1928) is an American ice hockey player. He won a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics. Early life He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Arnold and Frances Oss. He attended Dartmouth College in the late 1940s. While at Dartmouth, he was a defenseman for the ice hockey team. He graduated in 1950. Awards and honors Olympics He won a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 .... References 1928 births Living people Ice hockey people from Minneapolis American men's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Noah
John Michael Noah (November 21, 1927 – September 3, 2015) was an American ice hockey player. He won a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics. Noah, originally from Crookston, Minn., played at UND from 1947 through 1951 and earned All-America honors on defense as a senior in 1950–51. He finished his collegiate career with 29 goals and 44 assists for 73 points in 67 games. 1952 Winter Olympics Noah went on to become UND first men's hockey Olympian in 1952 when he represented the United States at the Winter Games in Oslo, Norway. Noah helped win the US win a silver medal in the 1952 Winter Olympics UND Hockey Program "He started the program in its infancy stages, built it from the ground up and paved the way for the program to build it what it is today," UND men's hockey coach Brad Berry told the Fargo Forum. "He always had a smile on his face. His fondest memories came from UND hockey and he told everyone that. He'll be sadly missed." Career statistics Hall of Fame Noah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mulhern
John Francis "Jack" Mulhern (July 18, 1927 – September 19, 2007) was an American ice hockey player. He won a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 .... Awards and honors References External links * 1927 births 2007 deaths American men's ice hockey players Ice hockey people from Boston Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics NCAA men's ice hockey national champions Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey {{US-icehockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Kilmartin
Gerald Walsh "Gerry" Kilmartin (July 7, 1927 – June 16, 1970) was an American ice hockey player. He won a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics. Kilmartin was born in Providence, Rhode Island. Kilmartin attended Bryant College (now Bryant University Bryant University is a private university in Smithfield, Rhode Island. It has two colleges, the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business, and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. History Butler Exc ...) where he played on the hockey team. He never played professionally but instead was with several amateur clubs in the Boston area. In addition to playing at the 1952 Olympics he was on the U.S. National team which competed at the 1947 and 1949 World Championships. He later became a salesman which led to the establishment of his own company, International Packaging, in Providence. In 1970, he was assaulted at a marina in Newport. Two days later, Kilmartin died of the injuries sustain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford Harrison
Clifford "Cliff" Harrison (October 30, 1927 – December 15, 1988) was an American ice hockey player who competed in the Olympic games in 1952. He was a member of the national team that won the silver medal in Oslo. He was born in Walpole, Massachusetts. He attended Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A .... Awards and honors References External links * 1927 births 1988 deaths American men's ice hockey centers Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey players Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey People from Walpole, Massachusetts AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans 20th-century Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre Gambucci
Andre Peter "Andy" Gambucci (November 12, 1928 – September 24, 2016) was an American ice hockey player. He won a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics. He was born in Eveleth, Minnesota, and attended Colorado College Colorado College is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell in his daughter's memory. The college enrolls approximately 2,000 undergraduates at its campus. The college offer .... Gambucci died on September 24, 2016, at the age 87 due to complications from congestive heart failure. References External links * 1928 births 2016 deaths American men's ice hockey players Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey players Ice hockey players from Minnesota Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics NCAA men's ice hockey national champions Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey People from Eveleth, Minnesota { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Desmond (ice Hockey)
Richard Joseph "Dick" Desmond (March 2, 1927 – November 1, 1990) was an American ice hockey player who was a member of the American 1952 Winter Olympics ice hockey team. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame The United States Hockey Hall of Fame was established in 1973 with the goal of preserving the history of ice hockey in the United States while recognizing the extraordinary contributions of select players, coaches, administrators, officials and ... in 1988. Awards and honors References External links * United States Hockey Hall of Fame 1927 births 1990 deaths American men's ice hockey goaltenders Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey players Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey Sportspeople from Medford, Massachusetts United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductees AHCA Division I men's ic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Czarnota
Joseph John "Joe" Czarnota (March 25, 1925 – October 9, 1968) was an American ice hockey player. He won a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 ... in Oslo, Norway. After Czarnota graduated from high school he enlisted in the military and fought in World War II with the Marines. When he finished serving, he started school at Boston University playing hockey and worked his way to the Olympics. References External links * 1925 births 1968 deaths American men's ice hockey defensemen Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey players Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey United States Marine Corps personnel of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Ceglarski
Leonard Stanley Ceglarski (June 27, 1926 – December 16, 2017) was an American ice hockey player and coach. He was an All-American left wing on Boston College's 1949 NCAA championship team, and was captain of the 1950–51 squad. He was also a member of the U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games in Oslo, Norway. Ceglarski was also known as a baseball player. While at Boston College, his .429 batting average as a senior second baseman was best in New England. Coaching career A native of East Walpole, Massachusetts, Ceglarski taught and coached at Walpole High for four years before beginning his collegiate coaching career. He took the reins of the Golden Knights’ program from retiring Clarkson mentor Bill Harrison. At Clarkson, he had various responsibilities. He was responsible not only for varsity coaching, but for the freshman team, the rink, the equipment, and the laundry, and served as his own secretary and the team's skate s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Bjorkman
Reuben Eugene Bjorkman (born February 27, 1929) is a former head coach of the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux hockey men's team. A graduate of Roseau, Minnesota High School, where he led his team to a state championship in 1946, Bjorkman was a member of the US Olympic teams in 1948 and 1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ... (silver medalists). He was a three-year letter winner at the University of Minnesota. Career Bjorkman's high school coaching career began at Greenway High School in Coleraine, Minnesota. His 1962 team competed in the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament. His first college coaching season (1963–1964), at RPI, culminated with his team finishing third in the NCAA Championships. Following that season he was hired as the He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
