Stan Obodiac
Stan Obodiac | |||
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Born |
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada | February 7, 1922||
Died |
November 3, 1984 North York, Ontario, Canada | (aged 62)||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
Position | Left wing | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | Lethbridge Maple Leafs | ||
National team | Canada | ||
Playing career | 1938–1955 | ||
Stanley Obodiac (February 7, 1922 – November 3, 1984) was a Canadian ice hockey player with the Lethbridge Maple Leafs. He won a gold medal at the 1951 World Ice Hockey Championships in Paris, France. The 1951 Lethbridge Maple Leafs team was inducted to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1974.[1] He was the leading scorer of the 1951 World Championship tournament.[2]
Following his career as a hockey player, he remained employed in hockey as public relations director for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Maple Leaf Gardens.[3] In this capacity, he wrote and published the history book The Leafs: The First 50 Years, which was a finalist for the Toronto Book Awards in 1977.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Lethbridge Maple Leafs 1951". Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ^ "Stan Obodiac", Society for International Hockey Research Database, accessed August 4, 2015.
- ^ "Gardens scrapbook ; Leafs leave much to think about after seven decades on Carlton St.". Toronto Star, February 13, 1999.
- ^ "Literary mistress-of-all-trades Atwood shares $3,000 book prize". Toronto Star, February 18, 1977.
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- 1922 births
- 1984 deaths
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Sportspeople from Moose Jaw
- Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan
- Canadian sportswriters
- 20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers
- 20th-century Canadian male writers
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1920s births stubs