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Bob andBill Cleary | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1936-04-21)April 21, 1936 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
Died | September 16, 2015(2015-09-16) (aged 79) Hyannis, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 1951–1960 | ||||||||||||||||
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Robert Barry Cleary (April 21, 1936 – September 16, 2015) was an Americanice hockey player.[1] Cleary was a member of the American1960 Winter Olympics team that won the gold medal, teaming up as he did atHarvard with his brotherBill. Bob was inducted into theUnited States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1981.
While at Harvard, the Cleary brothers playedcollegiate summer baseball together for the now defunctSagamore Clouters of theCape Cod Baseball League.[2][3][4]
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AHCASecond Team All-American | 1956–57 |
AHCAEast All-American | 1957–58 |
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Preceded by | NCAA Ice Hockey Scoring Champion 1956–57(withBill Hay) | Succeeded by |
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