Richard Anthony McGlynn (born July 19, 1948 in

Medford, Massachusetts Medford is a city northwest of downtown Boston on the Mystic River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the time of the 2020 U.S. Census, Medford's population was 59,659. It is home to Tufts University, which has its campus alo ...

) is a retired professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player who played 30 regular season games in the

World Hockey Association The World Hockey Association (french: Association mondiale de hockey) was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League (NHL) ...

for the

Chicago Cougars The Chicago Cougars were a franchise in the World Hockey Association from 1972 to 1975. The Cougars played their home games in the International Amphitheatre. During the 1974 Avco Cup Finals against Gordie Howe and the Houston Aeros, the team's ...

in 1972–73. As an amateur, he played for the

Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...

men's hockey team as well as the United States national team at the

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and also the 1971 and 1972

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tournaments.

References

Dick McGlynn @ Massachusetts hockey
* 1948 births American men's ice hockey defensemen Chicago Cougars players Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey players Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey Sportspeople from Medford, Massachusetts Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics Rhode Island Eagles players {{US-icehockey-defenceman-stub