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Mel Pearson (ice hockey, born 1938)

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Height
  
1.78 m

Playing career
  
1957–1973

Weight
  
82 kg

Name
  
Mel Pearson

Position
  
Centerman

Role
  
Ice hockey player


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Born
  
April 29, 1938 Flin Flon, MB, CAN (
1938-04-29
)

Died
  
January 9, 1999, Flin Flon, Canada

Played for
  
New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins

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George Alexander Melvin "Mel" Pearson (April 29, 1938 – January 9, 1999) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 38 games in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers. He also played 70 games in the World Hockey Association with the Minnesota Fighting Saints.

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Pearson was the father of Mel and Ted Pearson, who both went on to have hockey-related careers of their own.

Mel is the current Head Coach of the Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey team, and Ted was a former Calgary Flames draft pick that played over 200 games of professional hockey in the AHL, IHL, and Germany's second-tier Bundesliga.

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