Joseph Czarnota
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Ice Hockey | ||
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1952 Oslo | Team |
Joseph John Czarnota (March 25, 1925 – October 9, 1968)[1] was an American ice hockey player. He won a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.[2] After Czarnota graduated from high school he enlisted in the military and fought in World War II with the Marines. When he finished serving, he started school at Boston University playing hockey and worked his way to the Olympics.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Joseph Czarnota's profile at Sports Reference.com
- ^ Sports Reference
- ^ Reference, Sports. "SR/Olympic Sports". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
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- 1925 births
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- United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II
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