Rodney Earland Paavola (August 21, 1939 – December 3, 1995) 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. Paavola was of

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descent. He played football in high school for the Hancock Bulldogs. He won a

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall ...

as a member of the US Olympic Ice Hockey Team.

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1939 births 1995 deaths American men's ice hockey defensemen American people of Finnish descent Ice hockey players from Michigan Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in ice hockey People from Hancock, Michigan {{US-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub