Joseph Francis Fitzgerald (October 10, 1904 – March 20, 1987) 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

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 ...

. He was born in

Brighton, Massachusetts Brighton is a Municipal annexation in the United States, former town and current Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, located in the northwestern corner of the city. It is named after the English city of ...

and died in

Needham, Massachusetts Needham ( ) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. A suburb of Boston, its population was 32,091 at the 2020 U.S. Census. It is home of Olin College. History Early settlement Needham was first settled in 1680 with the purchase of a ...

. He played football, baseball and hockey for

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

, graduating in 1928. In the summer of 1926, he played for the Hyannis town team in the

Cape Cod Baseball League The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL or Cape League) is a collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league located on Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. One of the nation's premier collegiate summer leagues, the league boasts over one thousan ...

. In 1932 he was a member of the American ice hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played one match.

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sports-reference.com 1904 births 1987 deaths American men's ice hockey defensemen Ice hockey people from Boston Ice hockey players at the 1932 Winter Olympics Boston College Eagles baseball players Hyannis Harbor Hawks players Cape Cod Baseball League players (pre-modern era) Medalists at the 1932 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey Baseball players from Boston {{US-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub