Paul Francis "Racket" Coppo (November 2, 1938 – June 2, 2022)
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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 a member of the United States's 1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...
team.Green Bay Bobcats
The Green Bay Gamblers are a Tier I junior ice hockey team in the Eastern Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL). They play in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, at the Resch Center.
History Professional hockey in Green Bay
The first profess ...
of the United States Hockey League
The United States Hockey League (USHL) is the top junior ice hockey league sanctioned by USA Hockey. The league consists of 16 active teams located in the midwestern United States, for players between the ages of 16 and 21. The USHL is strictly ...
. 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 2004.
Awards and honors
References
External links
United States Hockey Hall of Fame bio
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1938 births
2022 deaths
Green Bay Bobcats players
Ice hockey players from Michigan
Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey players
People from Hancock, Michigan
United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics
American men's ice hockey centers
AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
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