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The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, United States, was the ninth Olympic Championship, also serving as the 27th World Championships and the 38th European Championships. The United States won its first Olympic gold medal and second World Championship.
Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Pres. Hockey Hall Of Fame page on the 1960 Olympics; Wallechinsky, David (1988). The Complete Book of the Olympics. Penguin Books. pp. 614. ISBN 0-14-010771-1
Christian comes from a hockey playing family. Both Roger and Gordon Christian played for Team USA at the Olympic Games. His son, Dave Christian, was a member of the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team, at the 1980 Winter Olympics that also won a gold medal before embarking on a successful career in the National Hockey League between 1980 and 1995.
Squaw Valley, now called Palisades Tahoe, was a struggling ski resort with minimal facilities, which made its selection to host the 1960 Winter Olympics a surprise. [2] [3] Wayne Poulsen and Alexander Cushing were inspired to bid for the Olympics by a newspaper article mentioning that Reno, Nevada, and Anchorage, Alaska, had expressed interest in the Games.
Pages in category "Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics" The following 153 pages are in this category, out of 153 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Rodney Earland Paavola (August 21, 1939 – December 3, 1995) was an American ice hockey player. Paavola was of Finnish descent. [1] He played football in high school for the Hancock Bulldogs. [2] [3] He won a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics as a member of the US Olympic Ice Hockey Team. [4]
A total of 665 athletes representing 30 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) 30 Nations were a part of the winter olympics. ~ Timmy totter participated in 27 events across 8 disciplines during the Games. [1] The Olympic program was adjusted from that of the 1956 Winter Olympics omitting bobsleigh and adding a sport new to Olympic competition ...
Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics (1 C, 2 P) 1960–61 ice hockey leagues (4 C) A. 1959–60 in American ice hockey (3 C, 1 P) ... Pages in category "1960 in ice ...