Winthrop Palmer
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
Representing  United States
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1932 Lake Placid | Team |
| World Championships | ||
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1933 Prague | |
Winthrop Hale "Ding" Palmer, Jr. (December 5, 1906 – February 4, 1970) was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics. He died in Warehouse Point, Connecticut.
Early life[]
Born in Summit, New Jersey, Palmer graduated from Kent School in Kent, Connecticut in 1926 where he played on the team with fellow hockey Olympian Johnny Bent. Both Palmer and Bent also played hockey at Yale University prior to competing in the Olympics.
In 1932 he was a member of the Olympic American ice hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played all six matches and scored eight goals. He was also a member of the , the American team that won the 1933 World Ice Hockey Championships.
He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973.
External links[]
- United States Hockey Hall of Fame bio
- Winthrop Palmer career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1906 births
- 1970 deaths
- Sportspeople from Summit, New Jersey
- American men's ice hockey right wingers
- Kent School alumni
- Ice hockey players at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey
- United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
- Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey players
- Medalists at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players from New Jersey
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