Rodney Paavola Explained

Rod Paavola
Birth Date:21 August 1939
Birth Place:Hancock, Michigan
Death Place:Marquette, Michigan
Ntl Team:USA
Career Start:1957
Career End:1966

Rodney Earland Paavola (August 21, 1939 – December 3, 1995) was an American ice hockey player.

Paavola was of Finnish descent.[1] He played football in high school for the Hancock Bulldogs.[2] [3] He won a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics as a member of the US Olympic Ice Hockey Team.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yhdysvaltain jääkiekkoseurat, maajoukkueet ja niiden amerikansuomalaiset . Ruskeeahde . Jukka . . fi . August 26, 2021.
  2. News: Ontonagon Ends Grid Season with 27–0 Loss to Hancock . Ironwood Daily Globe . October 24, 1955 . Ironwood, MI . 5 . December 8, 2022 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Corgiat is 5th in U.P. Scoring . Ironwood Daily Globe . September 21, 1956 . Ironwood, MI . 6 . December 8, 2022 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Fort Welcomes Olympian Back . The Manhattan Mercury . April 6, 1960 . Manhattan, KS . 5 . December 9, 2022 . Newspapers.com.

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