Bill Cleary remembers the Forgotten Miracle of the 1960 US Olympic Hockey Team in his interview on XM Radio.
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Sports Illustrated recently listed their top 15 US Winter Olympic moments and the 1960 gold medal team was ranked #2. To view the entire list and notes about the team visit: SI.com
Check Bill Cleary’s imdb.com listing and you’ll see two lines:
Miscellaneous Crew: Love Story (1970) (hockey technical advisor)
Self: Forgotten Miracle (2009) (V) …. Himself
With the recent passing of Love Story author Erich Segal, we’re reminded that Bill and his brother Bob were not only hockey advisors on the film set in the Boston area, but Bill was the hockey double for Ryan O’Neal’s Oliver Barrett character. Even on the silver screen, these 1960 Olympians made their mark.
CBSSports.com’s Erin Brown and Greg Cimilluca debate the greatest USA national hockey teams of all time and name the 1960 Forgotten Miracle team as the second best of all time.
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