Richard Meredith (ice hockey)
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| Born | December 22, 1932 South Bend, Indiana, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | February 6, 2025 (aged 92) | |||||||||||||||||
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Richard Otis Meredith (December 22, 1932 – February 6, 2025) was an American ice hockey player.
Biography
[edit]Meredith played college hockey at the University of Minnesota. He won a silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Meredith died from a brief illness on February 6, 2025, at the age of 92.[1]
Awards and honors
[edit]| Award | Year | |
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| NCAA All-Tournament First Team | 1953 | [2] |
References
[edit]- ^ Knudsen, Cory (February 7, 2025). "Gopher alumni and 2-time Olympic medalist Dick Meredith dies at 92". KSTP-TV. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
- ^ "NCAA Frozen Four Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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