Thomas Edward Hibberd (April 22, 1926 – May 10, 2017) was a

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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 was a member of the

Ottawa RCAF Flyers The Ottawa RCAF Flyers were a Canadian senior ice hockey team from the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) base in Ottawa. The team was made up of active and former RCAF members and Canadian Army personnel. The team won the gold medal in the 1948 ...

who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in

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. In 2001 Hibberd was honoured by the

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when it was announced that the 1948 RCAF Flyers were selected as Canada's greatest military athletes of the 20th century. He died on May 10, 2017 at the age of 91.Thomas Hibberd's Obituary
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