Al Purvis | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Trochu, Alberta, Canada | January 9, 1929|||||||||||||||||||
Died |
August 13, 2009 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | (aged 80)|||||||||||||||||||
Position | Defence | |||||||||||||||||||
Played for |
Calgary Buffaloes Edmonton Mercurys | |||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1943–1952 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Allan Ruggles Purvis (January 9, 1929 – August 13, 2009) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played with the Edmonton Mercurys, a team which represented Canada and won a gold medal at the 1950 World Ice Hockey Championships and also won a gold medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics. He later became owner of Waterloo Ford, a local car dealership that had been the sponsor of his medal-winning hockey team.