Don Rigazio
{{short description|American ice hockey player}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|7|3|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Cambridge, MA, USA
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| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 161
| position = Goaltender
| catches = Left
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| played_for = Indianapolis Chiefs
Louisville Rebels
Cleveland Barons
| ntl_team = USA
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| career_start = 1958
| career_end = 1960
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{{MedalSport | Men's Ice Hockey}}
{{MedalSilver| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Team}}
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Donald Edmund Rigazio (born July 3, 1934) is a former American ice hockey goaltender who was a member of the silver medal-winning United States team in ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223544/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/don-rigazio-1.html Don Rigazio at Sports Reference]
Rigazio played for the United States men's national ice hockey team for three seasons, from 1954 to 1958. He was named best goaltender of the 1955 World Ice Hockey Championships. Rigazio then turned professional, playing 61 games in the IHL with the Indianapolis Chiefs and Louisville Rebels during the 1958–59 season, and winning the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the IHL's goaltender with the fewest goals allowed during the regular season.
Rigazio also played three games in the American Hockey League with the Cleveland Barons during the 1959–60 AHL season.
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External links
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Category:American men's ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Cleveland Barons (1937–1973) players
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Category:Ice hockey players from Massachusetts
Category:Indianapolis Chiefs players
Category:Louisville Rebels players
Category:Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for the United States
Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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