John Bright Garrison (February 13, 1909 – May 13, 1988) 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. He was born in West Newton, Massachusetts and died in

Lincoln, Massachusetts Lincoln is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The population was 7,014 according to the 2020 United States Census, including residents of Hanscom Air Force Base that live within town limits. The town, located in the MetroWest region o ...

. Garrison grew up playing on the varsity team of the County Day School in West Newton, Massachusetts before entering

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

. He received many offers from professional clubs after graduation from Harvard but chose a career in business instead while continuing to play amateur hockey. In 1932 he was a member of the American ice hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played all six matches and scored three goals. Four years later he won the bronze medal with the American team in the 1936 Olympics. He played seven matches and scored four goals. He was also a member of the

Massachusetts Rangers Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the ...

, the American team that won the

1933 World Ice Hockey Championships The 1933 Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 18 and February 26, 1933, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. By winning its first-ever world championship, the United States deprived Canada of the world title for the first time in tourn ...

. Garrison scored the dramatic overtime goal in a 2-1 victory over the Canadian national team, thus ensuring the gold medal. He was inducted into the

United States Hockey Hall of Fame The United States Hockey Hall of Fame was established in 1973 with the goal of preserving the history of ice hockey in the United States while recognizing the extraordinary contributions of select players, coaches, administrators, officials and ...

in 1973.

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United States Hockey Hall of Fame bio
1909 births 1988 deaths American men's ice hockey defensemen Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey players Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Ice hockey players at the 1932 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1932 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in ice hockey Place of death missing United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductees {{US-icehockey-defenceman-stub