Magnus Goodman

Olympic medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing Canada

Magnus Goodman
Magnus Goodman
	Goodman at the 1920 Olympics.
Born	March 18, 1898; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died	July 18, 1991 (aged 93); Dade City, Florida, U.S.
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Played for	Selkirk Fishermen; Winnipeg Falcons; Duluth Hornets; Kansas City Pla-Mors; Wichita Blue Jays; Kansas City Greyhounds; Wichita Skyhawks; Coral-Gables Seminoles

Magnus "Mike" Goodman (March 18, 1898 – July 18, 1991) was an Icelandic-Canadian athlete. He was a member of the Winnipeg Falcons ice hockey team, who represented Canada at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.

Life

Goodman was born in 1898 to Icelandic immigrant Gísli Guðmundsson and Ólöf Björnsdóttir.^[1] He distinguished himself in ice hockey as well as swimming and speed skating. As a young man he joined the Winnipeg Falcons, an amateur hockey team largely made up of Icelanders excluded from Winnipeg's other teams. His position was left wing. In 1920 the team won the Allan Cup and the right to represent Canada at the 1920 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic Games to feature hockey. The Falcons went on to defeat Sweden to win the gold medal. Goodman was known^{[by whom?]} to carry his gold medal in his pocket at all times.

In 1938 he served as player-coach for the Coral Gables Seminoles of the Miami-based Tropical Hockey League, an early attempt to establish Hockey in the Southern United States.^[2] He died in Miami in 1991 at the age of 93, the last surviving member of the Winnipeg Falcons.

Awards and achievements

Allan Cup Championship (1920)
Olympic Gold Medalist (1920)
AHA Championships (1927 & 1934)
"Honoured Member" of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

References

^ "Íshokkílið Fálkanna og forsvarsmenn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 3 February 2002. p. B4. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
^ McKinley, Michael (2009). Hockey: A People's History. Random House Digital. p. 124. ISBN 0771057717. Retrieved June 25, 2013.

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[1] "Íshokkílið Fálkanna og forsvarsmenn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 3 February 2002. p. B4. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

[2] McKinley, Michael (2009). Hockey: A People's History. Random House Digital. p. 124. ISBN 0771057717. Retrieved June 25, 2013.

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