Thomas R. Dockrell (1924-2012) 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 h ...

player and coach for Colgate. Dockrell spent one season as Red Raiders coach before the program was dropped after the 1950–51 season. While the program was reestablished six years later, Dockrell was not retained. Dockrell served in the

Army Air Force The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...

during

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and was a member of the US AAU Team that was disqualified from competition at the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

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* 1924 births 2012 deaths Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey players Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey coaches People from Melrose, Massachusetts Ice hockey coaches from Massachusetts People from Stoneham, Massachusetts American men's ice hockey left wingers Sportspeople from Middlesex County, Massachusetts United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II Ice hockey players from Massachusetts {{US-icehockey-winger-stub