Art Hurst Explained

Art Hurst
Birth Name:Arthur Robert Hurst
Birth Date:2 May 1923
Birth Place:Toronto, Canada
Death Date:November (aged 70)
Death Place:Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Relatives:Ron Hurst (brother)
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Height Cm:178
Weight Kg:79
Position:Defense
Ntl Team:Canada

Arthur Robert Hurst (2 May 1923, Toronto – November 1993, Kitchener) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics.[1]

Career

Hurst was a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen who won the bronze medal for Canada in ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics.[2] He played with the Dutchmen between 1949 and 1954 and again from 1956 to 1958. In between, he played with the Stratford Indians. He spent his early career with the Sydney Navy, the Toronto Bowser Orphans, and the Toronto Staffords. He retired in 1958.[1]

His brother Ron played for the Toronto Maple Leafs.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olympedia - ArtHurst . olympedia.org . . 21 April 2022.
  2. Book: Holland, Dave. Canada's Olympic Hockey History, 1920-2010. 2008. Fenn Publishing Company Ltd.. 86. 978-1-55168-323-2. registration.
  3. News: All in the family. Waterloo Region Record. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. 1993-11-18. 26. newspapers.com. 2023-12-20.