Daniel McKinnon
Daniel Duncan McKinnon (born April 21, 1922 in Williams , Minnesota - † August 6, 2017 in Grand Forks , North Dakota ) was an American ice hockey player .
Career
Daniel McKinnon attended the University of North Dakota from 1947 to 1950 . He then took part in the US national ice hockey team at the 1955 and 1958 World Championships and at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo . At the 1956 Winter Games, he and his team won the silver medal. Following his international career, he was active in amateur hockey, but had to end his career early in 1958 after a serious hunting accident in which part of one of his hands was amputated. He was inducted into the UND Sports Hall of Fame in 1982.
Achievements and Awards
- 1956 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
Web links
- Daniel McKinnon in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brad Elliott Schlossman: AND hockey pioneer, Olympic silver medalist Dan McKinnon dies. (No longer available online.) In: Grand Forks Herald. August 7, 2017, archived from the original on August 8, 2017 ; accessed on August 9, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | McKinnon, Daniel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McKinnon, Daniel Duncan (full name); McKinnon, Dan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Williams , Minnesota , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 2017 |
| Place of death | Grand Forks , North Dakota , USA |