- George Beach
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
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position = Centre
played_for =Kansas City Pla-Mors Wembley Lions Wembley Monarchs
HC MilanoHC Martigny ZSC Lions Brighton Tigers Harringay Racers Nottingham Panthers Southampton Vikings
shoots = Right
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nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date and age|1926|10|4
birth_place = Regina, SK, CAN
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career_start = 1945
career_end = 1967
halloffame =George Beach (born birth date|1926|10|4 in Regina,
Saskatchewan ,Canada ) is a retired professionalice hockey centre who played in theEnglish National League and it's successor, the British National League, during the 1940s and 1950s.Professional career
While a teenager, George Beach was spotted by an NHL scout who recommended him to the Chicago Black Hawks. After attending a Black Hawkstraining camp Beach was assigned to the
Kansas City Pla-Mors in the USHL.In 1947 George Beach left the
United States to join theWembley Lions in theEnglish National League before spending the 1948–49 and 1949–50 seasons with theWembley Monarchs . Beach rejoined the Lions after the Monarchs folded at the end of the 1949–50 season.In 1954–55 Beach went to play and coach for HC Milano in the Italian Serie A before moving to
HC Martigny inSwitzerland . Beach stayed with Martigny until he moved toZSC Lions inZürich for the 1958–59 season. Whilst playing inEurope Beach would return to the UK to play for British teams during theplay-off s after the European leagues' seasons had finished. These teams included theBrighton Tigers ,Harringay Racers andNottingham Panthers .Beach returned to the Wembley Lions for the 1959–60 season. Beach played as a guest for various teams following the demise of the BNL before he signed for the
Southampton Vikings in 1961. In 1962–63 Beach became the Vikings' player/coach before he returned to the Wembley Lions, playing intermittently between 1963 and 1968.Beach retired from playing ice hockey in 1971 after playing briefly with a Wembley Vets side in the Southern League.
In 1976 Beach coached the
Great Britain national ice hockey team in the Pondus Cup held inDenmark and in Pool C of theIce Hockey World Championships .Awards
*Named to the ENL All-star A Team in 1950. [http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/49_50.htm]
*Named to the ENL All-star B Team in 1951. [http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/50_51.htm]
*Named to the BNL All-Star B Team in 1960. [http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/All_Stars/59_60.htm]
*Inducted to theBritish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989.References
* [http://www.azhockey.com/ A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey]
* [http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/ Ice Hockey Journalists UK]
* [http://www.eurohockey.net/ European Hockey.net]External links
*hockeydb|19057|George Beach
*Eurohockey|21169
* [http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/hall_of_fame/beach.htm British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame entry]Persondata
NAME= Beach, George
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH=1926-10-04
PLACE OF BIRTH= Regina,Saskatchewan ,Canada
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