Wellington Burtnett
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| Full name | Wellington Parker Burtnett | |||||||||||
| Nickname | Wimpy | |||||||||||
| Born | August 26, 1930 Somerville, MA, USA | |||||||||||
| Died | August 21, 2013 (aged 82) Wilmington, MA, USA | |||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg) | |||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||
| Sport | Ice hockey | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Wellington Parker Burtnett, Jr. (August 26, 1930 – August 21, 2013) was an ice hockey player who played for the American national team. He won a silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics.[1]
He died at his home in Wilmington, Massachusetts in 2013.[2][3]
Awards and honors
[edit]| Award | Year | |
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| AHCA First Team All-American | 1952–53 |
References
[edit]- ^ Wellington Burtnett's profile at Sports Reference.com
- ^ "WELLINGTON P. BURTNETT Obituary: View WELLINGTON BURTNETT's Obituary by The Boston Globe". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ^ "Wellington Burtnett Obituary - Winchester, Massachusetts". Obitsforlife.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
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Categories:
- 1930 births
- 2013 deaths
- American men's ice hockey forwards
- Ice hockey players at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey
- Sportspeople from Somerville, Massachusetts
- Ice hockey people from Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Ice hockey players from Massachusetts
- Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey players
- AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
- American ice hockey player stubs
- American Winter Olympic medalist stubs