John Kilpatrick (7 July 1917 – 18 December 1989) was a British ice hockey player who played in the

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(ENL). He also played for the

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which won the gold medal at 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 ...

(see

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). He is a member of the

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Career

Although Kilpatrick was born in Bootle near Liverpool, he learned to play ice hockey in Canada. Kilpatrick played in the 1935–36 and 1936–37 seasons for the Wembley Lions as a checking

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getting limited ice time. At the age of just 18 years Kilpatrick was selected to play of the GB national team in the 1936 Winter Olympics. He only played in GB's opening game against

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, which GB won 1–0. However, this was enough to earn him a gold medal when GB went on to win the tournament. This made Kilpatrick Britain's youngest Winter Olympic gold medallist at the time.

Awards

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gold medalist in 1936. *Inducted to the

in 1993.

Footnotes

References

Ice Hockey Journalists UK

External links

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