Stan Obodiac Explained

Stan Obodiac
Position:Left wing
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:185
Played For:Lethbridge Maple Leafs
Ntl Team:Canada
Birth Date:7 February 1922
Birth Place:Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Death Place:North York, Ontario, Canada
Career Start:1938
Career End:1955

Stanley Obodiac (February 7, 1922  - November 3, 1984) was a Canadian ice hockey player with the Lethbridge Maple Leafs. He won a gold medal at the 1951 World Ice Hockey Championships in Paris, France. The 1951 Lethbridge Maple Leafs team was inducted to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1974.[1] He was the leading scorer of the 1951 World Championship tournament.[2]

Following his career as a hockey player, he remained employed in hockey as public relations director for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Maple Leaf Gardens.[3] In this capacity, he wrote and published the history book The Leafs: The First 50 Years, which was a finalist for the Toronto Book Awards in 1977.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lethbridge Maple Leafs 1951. Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum . May 21, 2013.
  2. "Stan Obodiac", Society for International Hockey Research Database, accessed August 4, 2015.
  3. "Gardens scrapbook ; Leafs leave much to think about after seven decades on Carlton St.". Toronto Star, February 13, 1999.
  4. "Literary mistress-of-all-trades Atwood shares $3,000 book prize". Toronto Star, February 18, 1977.