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.
January 1st won’t be the official golden anniversary of the 1960 gold medal (that’d be February 28), but we’ll be celebrating the 50th anniversary anyway as part of the NHL Winter Classic.
If you’re one of the lucky few with tickets to the game, you’ll see the trailer for Forgotten Miracle on the jumbotron at Fenway as part of the NHL’s recognition of the historic achievement of the 1960 US Hockey Team. Of course, that’s just a sideshow for the main event: the Bruins vs Flyers at Fenway Park on New Year’s Day.
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