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John Powers of the Boston Globe delivers a fantastic portrait of one of the 1960 team’s most deserving gold-medalists, captain Jack Kirrane. Kirrane was coach Jack Riley’s former teammate from the 1948 Olympics in St Moritz, Switzerland. When coach Riley needed a leader for his 1960 team he called on Kirrane to return to the Olympics as captain of the squad. Smart choice.
Read the full Boston Globe article here.
This Day in 1960 US Olympic Hockey
Feb. 5, 1960 – Colorado Springs, CO – The US Olympic hockey team loses 7-5 to Denver University. Bill and Bob Cleary join the team and Larry Alm, Bob DuPuis and Herb Brooks are cut from the team to make room. Some of the US players threaten to leave the team in protest to the last minute cuts. Coach Riley tells general manager Jim Claypool to “find our where they want to go, get them their plane tickets and get them out of here.” Claypool and captain Jack Kirrane convince the disgruntled players to stay or they’ll “never play for another US amateur team for the rest of their days.” The players agree to stay.
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
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