Charlie Brooker (ice hockey)

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Charles Brooker (March 25, 1932 – December 18, 2020) was a Canadian ice hockey winger who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Charlie Brooker
Born March 25, 1932
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died December 18, 2020 (aged 88)
Meaford, Ontario, Canada
Position Left Wing
Medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Representing  Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Ice hockey

Career

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From 1950 to 1952, Brooker played junior hockey with the Waterloo Hurricanes of the Ontario Hockey Association. He was a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, which won the bronze medal for Canada at the 1956 Winter Olympics.[1] Brooker later worked as a player/coach for the Olympia Ice Hockey Club of Belgium during the 1966–1967 season. He also coached in Austria and for Waterloo Lutheran University. Outside of hockey, he worked as a salesman.

Personal life

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Brooker died on December 18, 2020, at the age of 88.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Holland, Dave (2008). Canada's Olympic Hockey History, 1920-2010. Fenn Publishing Company Ltd. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-55168-323-2.
  2. ^ "Olympedia – Charlie Brooker". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
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