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]