Jack Kirrane | ||||||||||||||
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Born |
Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. | August 20, 1928|||||||||||||
Died |
September 25, 2016 Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 88)|||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||
Position | Defense | |||||||||||||
Shot | Left | |||||||||||||
Played for |
Boston Olympics Worcester Warriors | |||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 1947–1963 | |||||||||||||
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John Joseph Kirrane Jr. (/kɪˈreɪn/; August 20, 1928 – September 25, 2016) was an American ice hockey player. Kirrane was a member of the United States 1948 Winter Olympics and 1960 Winter Olympics teams, winning the gold medal in 1960. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1987. Kirrane went on to serve 38 years with the Brookline, Massachusetts Fire Department and also spent 15 years as the rink manager of the Bright Hockey Center at Harvard University.