Freddie Dunkelman Explained

Full Name:Frederick Francis Dunkelman
Birth Date:5[1] or 19 February 1920
Birth Place:East Ham, Greater London, England
Death Place:London, England
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Sport:Ice hockey

Frederick Francis Dunkelman (5 or 19 February 1920  - 23 July 2010) was a British ice hockey player who competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics. In St. Moritz he was a member of the British team that placed fifth in the ice hockey tournament. He was born in East Ham, Greater London, and was a member of the Harringay Greyhounds. In 1946 he founded Dunkelman & Son Ltd, now known as Dasco Shoe Care, in Battersea to manufacture and sell ice hockey sticks, but moved into the shoe trade in 1950 and to a new location in Desborough in 1969. He retired from the business after 61 years in 2007 and died in his sleep on 23 July 2010.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hockey deaths - July 2010. 2020. Society for International Hockey Research. 14 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Freddie Dunkelman Retires after 61 years in business!. Latest News. Dasco Fine Shoe Care. 20 July 2007. 7 April 2010. 23 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100523175118/http://www.dunkelman.com/viewnewsarticle.php?newsid=14. dead.