John Emory Cookman (September 2, 1909 – August 19, 1982) was an American ice hockey player who competed in the

1932 Winter Olympics The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Lake Placid 1932, were a winter multi-sport event in the United States, held in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February ...

, playing five matches and scoring two goals. The American ice hockey team won the

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

that year. He graduated from Yale in 1931, and later became the CFO of Philip Morris USA. He was born in

Englewood, New Jersey Englewood is a city in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, which at the 2020 United States census had a population of 29,308. Englewood was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from por ...

and died in

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* 1909 births 1982 deaths American men's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey players from New Jersey Ice hockey players at the 1932 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey Sportspeople from Englewood, New Jersey {{US-icehockey-player-stub