Frederick Gordon Neil Pearson (March 23, 1923 – September 10, 2009) 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

ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, was the sixth Olympic Championship, also served as the 15th World Championships and the 26th European Championships. Canada won its fifth Olympic gold me ...

. Pearson was a member of the American ice hockey team which played eight games, but was disqualified, at the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

hosted by St. Moritz,

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

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* 1923 births 2009 deaths American men's ice hockey left wingers Ice hockey players at the 1948 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Olympic ice hockey players for the United States Sportspeople from Beverly, Massachusetts Ice hockey people from Essex County, Massachusetts {{US-icehockey-player-stub