Rodney Earland Paavola (August 21, 1939 – December 3, 1995) was an American ice hockey player.
| Rod Paavola | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
August 21, 1939 Hancock, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||
| Died |
December 3, 1995 (aged 56) Marquette, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1957–1966 | ||||||||||||||||
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Paavola was of Finnish descent.[1] He played football in high school for the Hancock Bulldogs.[2][3] He won a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics as a member of the US Olympic Ice Hockey Team.[4]
References
edit- ^ Ruskeeahde, Jukka. "Yhdysvaltain jääkiekkoseurat, maajoukkueet ja niiden amerikansuomalaiset" (in Finnish). Finnish Society of Ice Hockey History. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ^ "Ontonagon Ends Grid Season with 27–0 Loss to Hancock". Ironwood Daily Globe. Ironwood, MI. October 24, 1955. p. 5. Retrieved December 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Corgiat is 5th in U.P. Scoring". Ironwood Daily Globe. Ironwood, MI. September 21, 1956. p. 6. Retrieved December 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fort Welcomes Olympian Back". The Manhattan Mercury. Manhattan, KS. April 6, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved December 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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