Willard Rice
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| Men's Ice hockey | ||
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1924 Chamonix | Team Competition |
Willard Wadsworth Rice (April 21, 1895 - July 21, 1967) was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.
Rice was born in Newton, Massachusetts the son of Abbott Barnes Rice, a Massachusetts legislator, and Amy Thurber (Bridges) Rice. He was a graduate of Harvard University in 1922.[1][2] Rice played hockey with the Boston Athletic Association team in the 1920s & 1930s that played at the Boston Arena. He was a member of the American ice hockey team in the 1924 Winter Olympics that won the silver medal. Rice had a career as an executive with a soap manufacturing company. He died in Weston, Massachusetts on 21 July 1967.[3]
External links
Notes
- ^ "1924 Chamonix Winter Games". Ivies at Athens. Retrieved 4 Jul 2011.
- ^ "Harvard University Olympians". docstoc.com. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ "Willard Rice profile". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
Categories:
- 1895 births
- 1967 deaths
- American ice hockey players
- Harvard University alumni
- Ice hockey people from Massachusetts
- Ice hockey players at the 1924 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey
- Sportspeople from Newton, Massachusetts
- Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics