Willard Wadsworth Rice (April 21, 1895 – July 21, 1967) 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 who competed in the

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. Rice was born in

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the son of

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, a Massachusetts legislator, and Amy Thurber (Bridges) Rice. He was a graduate of

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in 1922. Rice played hockey with the

Boston Athletic Association The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) is a non-profit, running-focused, organized sports association for the Greater Boston area. The B.A.A. hosts such events as the Boston Marathon, the B.A.A. 5K, the B.A.A. 10K, the B.A.A. Half Marathon, the ...

team in the 1920s and 1930s that played at the Boston Arena. He was a member of the American ice hockey team in the 1924 Winter Olympics that won the silver medal. Rice had a career as an executive with a soap manufacturing company. He died in

Weston, Massachusetts Weston is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, about 15 miles west of Boston. At the time of the 2020 United States Census, the population of Weston was 11,851. Weston was incorporated in 1713, and protectio ...

on 21 July 1967.

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1895 births 1967 deaths American men's ice hockey left wingers Harvard University alumni Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Ice hockey players at the 1924 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey Sportspeople from Newton, Massachusetts {{US-icehockey-bio-stub