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Don Rigazio

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Don Rigazio
Born (1934-07-03) July 3, 1934 (age 90)
Cambridge, MA, USA
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 161 lb (73 kg; 11 st 7 lb)
Position Goaltender
Played for Indianapolis Chiefs
Louisville Rebels
Cleveland Barons
National team  United States
Playing career 1958–1960
Don Rigazio
Medal record
Men’s Ice Hockey
Silver medal – second place 1952 Oslo Team

Donald Edmund Rigazio (born July 3, 1934) is a former American ice hockey goaltender who was a member of the silver medal-winning United States team in ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics.[1]

Rigazio played for the United States men's national ice hockey team for three seasons, from 1954-58. He was named best goaltender of the 1955 World Ice Hockey Championships. Rigazio then turned professional, playing 61 games in the IHL with the Indianapolis Chiefs and Louisville Rebels during the 1958-59 season, and winning the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the IHL's goaltender with the fewest goals allowed during the regular season.

Rigazio also played three games in the American Hockey League with the Cleveland Barons during the 1959–60 AHL season.

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