Robert Charles White (born 22 July 1935 in

Stratford, Ontario Stratford is a city on the Avon River within Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a 2016 population of 31,465 in a land area of . Stratford is the seat of Perth County, which was settled by English, Irish, Scottish and German im ...

) is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

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

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 ...

. White was a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen who won the bronze medal for Canada in ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He won the 1955 Allen Cup (All-Canada Senior Champions) with the Dutchmen, the 1953 Memorial Cup (All-Canada Junior Champions) with the Barrie Flyers, and was a two-time All-American and Assistant Captain at the University of Michigan (1957–58, 1958–59)

Awards and honours

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External links

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Bob White's profile at Sports Reference.com
1935 births Living people Ice hockey players at the 1956 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Canada Sportspeople from Stratford, Ontario Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey players AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans {{Canada-icehockey-player-stub