| Rod Paavola | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
(1939-08-21)August 21, 1939 Hancock, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||
| Died |
December 3, 1995(1995-12-03) (aged 56) Marquette, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1957–1966 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rodney Earland Paavola (August 21, 1939 – December 3, 1995) was an American ice hockey player.
Paavola was of Finnish descent. He played football in high school for the Hancock Bulldogs. He won a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics as a member of the US Olympic Ice Hockey Team.
References
- Ruskeeahde, Jukka. "Yhdysvaltain jääkiekkoseurat, maajoukkueet ja niiden amerikansuomalaiset" (in Finnish). Finnish Society of Ice Hockey History [fi]. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- "Ontonagon Ends Grid Season with 27–0 Loss to Hancock". Ironwood Daily Globe. Ironwood, MI. October 24, 1955. p. 5. Retrieved December 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. [REDACTED]
- "Corgiat is 5th in U.P. Scoring". Ironwood Daily Globe. Ironwood, MI. September 21, 1956. p. 6. Retrieved December 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. [REDACTED]
- "Fort Welcomes Olympian Back". The Manhattan Mercury. Manhattan, KS. April 6, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved December 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. [REDACTED]
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1939 births
- 1995 deaths
- American men's ice hockey defensemen
- American people of Finnish descent
- Ice hockey players from Michigan
- Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in ice hockey
- People from Hancock, Michigan
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American ice hockey defenseman stubs
- American Winter Olympic medalist stubs