Bill Christian
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Full name | William David Christian | ||||||||||||||
Born | January 28, 1938 Warroad, Minnesota, U.S. | (age 86)||||||||||||||
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William David "Bill" Christian (born January 28, 1938 in Warroad, Minnesota) is a retired American ice hockey player. He led the United States to a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984 and the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998. 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. His grandson, Brock Nelson, is a member of the New York Islanders of the NHL. [1]
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- 1938 births
- American men's ice hockey players
- Ice hockey people from Minnesota
- Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame inductees
- Living people
- Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in ice hockey
- People from Warroad, Minnesota
- United States Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
- American ice hockey player stubs
- American Winter Olympic medalist stubs