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Position
  
Left Wing

Name
  
Jack Kilpatrick

Played for
  
Role
  
Journalist

National team
  
Education
  
University of Missouri

Playing career
  
1935–1937


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Born
  
7 July 1917Bootle, England, GBR (
1917-07-07
)

Died
  
August 15, 2010, Washington, D.C., United States

Books
  
The writer's art, The Southern case for s, The ear is human, Fine print, The foxes' union

John "Jack" Kilpatrick (7 July 1917 – 18 December 1989), also known as Jack Kilpatrick, was an ice hockey player who played in the English National League (ENL). He also played for the Great Britain national ice hockey team which won the gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics (see Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics). He is a member of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.

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Career

Although Kilpatrick was born in Bootle near Liverpool, he learned to play ice hockey in Canada. Kilpatrick played in the 1935–36 and 1936–37 seasons for the Wembley Lions as a checking forward getting limited ice time.

At the age of just 18 years Kilpatrick was selected to play of the GB national team in the 1936 Winter Olympics. He only played in GB's opening game against Sweden, which GB won 1–0. However, this was enough to earn him a gold medal when GB went on to win the tournament. This made Kilpatrick Britain's youngest Winter Olympic gold medallist at the time.

Awards

  • Olympic gold medalist in 1936.
  • Inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993.
  • References

    Jack Kilpatrick Wikipedia


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