William Frank Reichart (July 3, 1935 – November 12, 2021) was a Canadian

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forward and Olympian. Reichart played with

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at the

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held in Innsbruck, Austria. He also played for the

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in the

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(USHL), and in the International Hockey League for the

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, and St. Paul Saints. In the 1961–62 season, Reichart,

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and

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formed the highest-scoring

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in USHL history at the time. He died in

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, on November 12, 2021, at the age of 86.UND great Bill Reichart, captain of the 1964 U.S. Olympic team, dies at age 86
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* 1935 births 2021 deaths Ice hockey people from Winnipeg Canadian emigrants to the United States Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of the United States American men's ice hockey right wingers North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey players AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans {{US-icehockey-bio-stub