Thomas Pollock
Appearance
Tom Pollock | |||||||||||
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Born |
McConnell, MB, CAN | August 1, 1925||||||||||
Died |
August 17, 1994 Red Deer, AB, CAN | (aged 69)||||||||||
Position | Defenseman | ||||||||||
Played for | Edmonton Mercurys | ||||||||||
National team | Canada | ||||||||||
Playing career | 1942–1960 | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Allen Pollock (August 1, 1925 – August 17, 1994) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a member of the Edmonton Mercurys that won a gold medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.[1] Pollock died of a stroke in 1994; he was the first member of the 1952 Olympic team to die.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Thomas Pollock Olympic medals and stats". www.databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
- ^ "Pollock, Thomas", Society for International Hockey Research Database, accessed 1 Aug 2015
- ^ "Stroke claims medallist", Edmonton Journal, August 20, 1994
Categories:
- 1925 births
- 1994 deaths
- Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Ice hockey people from Alberta
- Sportspeople from Red Deer, Alberta
- Canadian ice hockey player stubs
- Canadian Winter Olympic medalist stubs