Richard Leo "Dick" Dougherty (August 5, 1932 – November 23, 2016) 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 led the United States to a silver medal at the

1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from ...

. 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 2003. Dougherty was born in Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada. He attended the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

, where he was a brother of

Phi Gamma Delta Phi Gamma Delta (), commonly known as Fiji, is a social fraternity with more than 144 active chapters and 10 colonies across the United States and Canada. It was founded at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1848. Along with Phi Kappa Psi, Phi ...

. Dougherty died November 23, 2016, at the age of 84.

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United States Hockey Hall of Fame bio
1932 births 2016 deaths AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans American men's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey players from Minnesota Ice hockey players at the 1956 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey People from Fort Frances United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductees {{US-icehockey-winger-stub