Gene Grazia

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Flag of the United States and Italy.svg  Gene Grazia Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 29, 1934
place of birth West Springfield , Massachusetts , USA
date of death November 9, 2014
Place of death Florida , USA
size 180 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Right wing
Career stations
1952-1953 HC Milano Inter
1954-1958 Michigan State University
1958 Toledo Mercurys
1958-1960 USA hockey

Eugene "Gene" Grazia (born July 29, 1934 in West Springfield , Massachusetts , † November 9, 2014 in Florida ) was an Italian - American ice hockey player . At the 1960 Winter Olympics , he won the gold medal as a member of the US national team.

Career

Gene Grazia began his career as a hockey player at HC Milano Inter , for which he was active in the 1952/53 season in the Italian Serie A1 . From 1954 to 1958 he attended Michigan State University , for whose ice hockey team he played parallel in the National Collegiate Athletic Association . The 1957/58 season ended the attacker with the Toledo Mercurys , for which he ran up in two games in the International Hockey League . From 1958 to 1960 he also took part in Team USA's preparation for the Olympic Games. He then ended his career at the age of 26.

International

For the USA , Grazia took part in the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley , where he and his team won the gold medal. He was also in his country's squad for the 1959 World Cup . Grazia had previously played for Italy at the B-World Cup in 1953 and scored four goals and three assists in five games.

Achievements and Awards

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eugene Grazia Obituary
personal data
SURNAME Grazia, Gene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grazia, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian-American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH West Springfield , Massachusetts , USA
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 2014
Place of death Florida , USA