Bob Cleary Explained

Bob Cleary
Birth Date:21 April 1936
Birth Place:Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:Hyannis, Massachusetts, U.S.
Career Start:1951
Career End:1960
Ntl Team:USA

Robert Barry Cleary (April 21, 1936  - September 16, 2015) was an American ice hockey player.[1] Cleary was a member of the American 1960 Winter Olympics team that won the gold medal, teaming up as he did at Harvard with his brother Bill. Bob was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1981.

While at Harvard, the Cleary brothers played collegiate summer baseball together for the now defunct Sagamore Clouters of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[2] [3] [4]

Awards and honors

AwardYear
AHCA Second Team All-American1956–57
AHCA East All-American1957–58

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robert B Cleary Obituary (2015) Boston Herald.
  2. Web site: Ivy League players in the Cape League . capecodbaseball.org . August 30, 2019.
  3. News: Cleary Misses Cycle By Single In Sagamore Win . 4 . Falmouth Enterprise . Falmouth, MA . July 23, 1957 .
  4. News: Sagamore Wins Make-up Game . 4 . Falmouth Enterprise . Falmouth, MA . July 18, 1958 .