George Scholes
George Scholes | ||||||||||||||
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Born |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada | November 24, 1928|||||||||||||
Died |
November 18, 2004 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | (aged 75)|||||||||||||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb) | |||||||||||||
Position | Left winger | |||||||||||||
Played for |
Toronto St. Michael's Majors (1946) Oshawa Generals (1946-48) Quebec Aces (1948-51) Moncton Hawks (1951-53) Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen (1953-57) Windsor Bulldogs (1957) | |||||||||||||
National team | Canada | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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George Francis Scholes (November 24, 1928, Toronto – November 18, 2004, Mississauga) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics. He played as a left winger.[1][2] He went by many nicknames, such as "Caker", "Prioritizer", and "Blue Shorts". He was also known to also be a boxer and went to school in London, Ontario to study nutrition.[citation needed]
Scholes attended St. Michael's College School in Toronto, where he played on the Buzzers hockey team from 1943 to 1946, followed by one game with the Toronto St. Michael's Majors in 1946. He won the Allan Cup with the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen in 1955, a win that led the team to be chosen as the national hockey team at the 1956 Winter Olympics. The team won the bronze medal for Canada,[2][3] with Scholes playing all eight matches of the competition.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- ^ a b c "George Scholes". Olympedia. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ Holland, Dave (2008). Canada's Olympic Hockey History, 1920-2010. Fenn Publishing Company Ltd. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-55168-323-2.
- 1928 births
- 2004 deaths
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Ice hockey players at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Olympic ice hockey players for Canada
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players
- Oshawa Generals players
- Quebec Aces (QSHL) players
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1920s births stubs