Birth Date: | 14 June 1898 |
Birth Place: | Baldur, Manitoba, Canada |
Death Place: | Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lb: | 127 |
Position: | Rover |
Played For: | Winnipeg Falcons |
Ntl Team: | Canada |
Career Start: | 1915 |
Career End: | 1922 |
Kristmundur Numi Fridfinnson (June 14, 1898 – November 10, 1938) was an Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born in Baldur, Manitoba.[1] Fridfinnson was the rover for the Winnipeg Falcons, the Canadian team in the 1920 Olympics, and scored the winning goal in the game which decided the gold medal, a game the Canadians won 12–1.
Fridfinnson was born in 1898 to Icelandic immigrants Jón Friðfinnsson and Anna Sigríður Jónsdóttir.[2] He died in Selkirk, Manitoba.