Richard Desmond (ice hockey)

{{Short description|American ice hockey player (1927–1990)}}

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{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|3|2}}

| birth_place = Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|11|1|1927|3|2}}

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| position = Goaltender

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| catches = Left

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| played_for = Dartmouth Big Green

| ntl_team = USA

| career_start = 1949

| career_end = 1952

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{{MedalSport | Men's ice hockey}}

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{{MedalSilver| 1952 Oslo |}}

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Richard Joseph "Dick" Desmond (March 2, 1927 – November 1, 1990) was an American ice hockey player who was a member of the American 1952 Winter Olympics ice hockey team. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988.

Awards and honors

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NCAA All-Tournament Second Team

| 1948

| {{cite news|title=NCAA Frozen Four Records|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|accessdate=2013-06-19}}

AHCA First Team All-American

| 1948–49

| {{cite news|title=1948-1949 All-American Team|url=http://ahcahockey.com/allamer/1949.php|publisher=The American Hockey Coaches Association|accessdate=2017-06-21}}

NCAA All-Tournament First Team

| 1949

| {{cite news|title=NCAA Frozen Four Records|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|accessdate=2013-06-19}}

NCAA Tournament MVP

|1949

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References

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