Ab Newsome Explained

Ab Newsome
Position:Centre
Played For:Edmonton Mercurys
Ntl Team:Canada
Birth Date:8 April 1920
Birth Place:Strathcona, Alberta, Canada
Death Place:Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Career Start:1948
Career End:1963

Albert Victor Newsome (April 8, 1920  - May 17, 1979) was a Canadian ice hockey player with the Edmonton Mercurys. He won a gold medal at the 1950 World Ice Hockey Championships in London, England. The 1950 Edmonton Mercurys team was inducted to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.[1] He also played with the Edmonton Flyers and Edmonton Maple Leafs.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edmonton Waterloo Mercurys 1950. Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. May 21, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20170325054429/http://ashfm.ca/component/k2/edmonton-waterloo-mercurys-1950. March 25, 2017. dead.
  2. "Ab Newsome", Society for International Hockey Research Database. Retrieved August 1, 2015.