Elbridge Baker Ross Jr. (August 2, 1909 – November 13, 1980) was an American

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 competed in the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

. He was born in

Melrose, Massachusetts Melrose is a city located in the Greater Boston metropolitan area in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. Its population, per the 2020 United States Census, is 29,817. It is a suburb located approximately seven miles north of Boston. I ...

and died in Saint Petersburg, Florida. In 1936 he was a member of the

United States men's national ice hockey team The United States men's national ice hockey team is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with its U18 and U17 development program in Plymouth, Michigan. The team is controlled by USA Hockey, the governing body for organized ice hockey in the ...

, which won the bronze medal at the

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1909 births 1980 deaths American men's ice hockey forwards Colby College alumni Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in ice hockey Sportspeople from Melrose, Massachusetts Ice hockey people from Middlesex County, Massachusetts {{US-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub