Jack Kilpatrick

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size =
position = Left wing
played_for = Wembley Lions
shoots =
height_ft =
height_in =
weight_lb =
nickname =
nationality = UK
birth_date = birth date|1917|7|7
birth_place = Bootle, England
death_date =
death_place =
draft =
draft_year =
draft_team =
career_start = 1935
career_end = 1937
halloffame =

John Kilpatrick (born birth date|1917|7|7), also known as Jack Kilpatrick, is a retired ice hockey player who played in the English National League (ENL). He also played for the Great Britain national ice hockey team which won the gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics (see Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics). He is a member of the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.

Career

Although Kilpatrick was born in Bootle near Liverpool, he learned to play ice hockey in Canada.cite web| author = BBC | title = British skate to victory | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/winterolympics2002/hi/english/ice_hockey/newsid_1647000/1647885.stm | year = 2002 | accessdate = 2007-10-17 | publisher = bbc.co.uk ] Kilpatrick played in the 1935–36 and 1936–37 seasons for the Wembley Lions as a checking forward getting limited ice time.cite web| author = Martin C. Harris | title = Jack Kilpatrick's British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame entry | url = http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/hall_of_fame/kilpatrick.htm | year = 1999 | accessdate = 2007-10-17 | publisher = ihjuk.co.uk ]

At just 18-years-old Kilpatrick was selected to play of the GB national team in the 1936 Winter Olympics. He only played in GB's opening game against Sweden, which GB won 1–0. However, this was enough to earn him a gold medal when GB went on to win the tournament. This made Kilpatrick Britain's youngest Winter Olympic gold medallist at the time.

Awards

*Olympic gold medalist in 1936.
*Inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993.

Footnotes

References

* [http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/ Ice Hockey Journalists UK]

External links

* [http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/hall_of_fame/kilpatrick.htm British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame entry]

Persondata
NAME= Kilpatrick, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Kilpatrick, Jack
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH= 1917-07-07
PLACE OF BIRTH= Bootle, England
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=