Allan Opsahl Explained

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.