William Gibson (ice hockey)
Appearance
Bill Gibson | |||||||||||
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Born |
Merritt, BC, Canada | April 22, 1927||||||||||
Died |
August 29, 2006 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada | (aged 79)||||||||||
Position | Center | ||||||||||
Played for |
Lethbridge Maple Leafs Edmonton Mercurys | ||||||||||
National team |
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Playing career | 1946–1961 | ||||||||||
Medal record
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William James "Bill, Billy" Gibson (April 22, 1927 – August 29, 2006) was a Canadian ice hockey player.
He lived in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Gibson was a member of the Edmonton Mercurys that won a gold medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. During the tournament, he scored 15 goals and 7 assists in 8 games, making him the top scorer.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
Categories:
- 1927 births
- 2006 deaths
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Olympic ice hockey players for Canada
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Ice hockey people from Lethbridge
- Canadian ice hockey centre stubs
- Canadian Winter Olympic medalist stubs