November 3, 1984(1984-11-03) (aged 62) North York, Ontario, Canada
Height
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight
185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position
Left wing
Shot
Left
Played for
Lethbridge Maple Leafs
National team
Canada
Playing career
1938–1955
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
1951 Paris
Ice hockey
Stanley Obodiac (February 7, 1922 – November 3, 1984) was a Canadian ice hockey player with the Lethbridge Maple Leafs. He won a gold medal at the 1951 World Ice Hockey Championships in Paris, France. The 1951 Lethbridge Maple Leafs team was inducted to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1974.[1] He was the leading scorer of the 1951 World Championship tournament.[2]
Following his career as a hockey player, he remained employed in hockey as public relations director for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Maple Leaf Gardens.[3] In this capacity, he wrote and published the history book The Leafs: The First 50 Years, which was a finalist for the Toronto Book Awards in 1977.[4]
^"Lethbridge Maple Leafs 1951". Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
^"Stan Obodiac", Society for International Hockey Research Database, accessed August 4, 2015.
^"Gardens scrapbook ; Leafs leave much to think about after seven decades on Carlton St.". Toronto Star, February 13, 1999.
^"Literary mistress-of-all-trades Atwood shares $3,000 book prize". Toronto Star, February 18, 1977.
1951". Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved May 21, 2013. "StanObodiac", Society for International Hockey Research Database, accessed August...
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Title". Brandon Daily Sun. Brandon, Manitoba. September 25, 1950. p. 4. Obodiac, Stan (March 27, 1951). "With the Maple Leafs: Back in London". Lethbridge...
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