John Chase (ice hockey)
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Biographical details | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Milton, Massachusetts, U.S. | June 12, 1906|||||||||||||
Died | April 1, 1994 Marblehead, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 87)|||||||||||||
Playing career | ||||||||||||||
1925–1928 | Harvard | |||||||||||||
1932 | American ice hockey team | |||||||||||||
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||||||||||||||
1942–1950 | Harvard | |||||||||||||
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1973 United States Hockey Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Pierce Chase (June 12, 1906 – April 1, 1994) was an American ice hockey player and coach who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics.
Chase grew up in Massachusetts where he excelled in ice hockey and baseball at Harvard University. He was the 1932 Harvard University Man at the Plate (baseball). He played three seasons for Harvard's baseball team (1926–1928)[1] while simultaneously serving as the team captain for the Harvard hockey team. Chase was highly sought by National Hockey League teams but chose to pursue a career in business instead. He did continue to play amateur hockey, however. In 1932 he was a member of the American ice hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played all six matches and scored four goals.
He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973.
Head coaching record[]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Harvard Crimson (Quadrangular League) (1942–1943) | |||||||||
1942–43 | Harvard | 14-4-1 | |||||||
Harvard Crimson (Independent) (1945–1946) | |||||||||
1945–46 | Harvard | 2-4-2 | |||||||
Harvard Crimson (Pentagonal League) (1946–1950) | |||||||||
1946–47 | Harvard | 6-6-0 | |||||||
1947–48 | Harvard | 9-14-0 | |||||||
1948–49 | Harvard | 12-8-0 | |||||||
1949–50 | Harvard | 10-8-0 | |||||||
Harvard: | 53-44-3 | ||||||||
Total: | 53-44-3 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References[]
- ^ "Baseball Media Center: All-Time Letterwinners". GoCrimson.com. Harvard Sports Information. Archived from the original on March 11, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2013.
- ^ "2008-09 Harvard Crimson Media Guide" (PDF). Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- United States Hockey Hall of Fame bio
- 1906 births
- 1994 deaths
- American men's ice hockey centers
- Harvard Crimson baseball players
- Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey coaches
- Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey players
- Ice hockey players from Massachusetts
- Ice hockey players at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey
- People from Milton, Massachusetts
- United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
- Sportspeople from Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- American ice hockey center stubs
- American Winter Olympic medalist stubs