Alan Opsahl | |
Birth Date: | 27 September 1924 |
Birth Place: | Minneapolis, MN, USA |
Death Place: | Santa Rosa, California |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Position: | Defense |
Ntl Team: | USA |
Career Start: | 1947 |
Career End: | 1948 |
Alan William "Al" Opsahl (September 27, 1924 – July 19, 1990) was an American ice hockey defenseman who competed in ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics which took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Opsahl was a member of the Amateur Hockey Association (AHA) and the co-captain of the American ice hockey team which played eight games at the 1948 Winter Olympics. Although the US secured a fourth-place finish, their official standing was stripped from the records due to a dispute between the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG), and the Swiss organizing committee.