Ted Hibberd
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Thomas Hibbert c1948.jpg
| image_size = 150px
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|4|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|5|10|1926|4|22}}
| death_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 6
| weight_lb = 150
| ntl_team = CAN
| career_start = 1944
| career_end = 1951
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's ice hockey}}
{{MedalCountry|{{flag|Canada|1921}} }}
{{MedalGold| 1948 St. Moritz |Ice hockey}}
}}
Thomas Edward Hibberd (April 22, 1926 – May 10, 2017) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers who won the gold medal in ice hockey for Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.[http://www.olympicgameswinners.com/index.php?menu=winnersU&act=GetWinnersByGamesU&id=33&page=4# Olympic Games Winner Reference Book] In 2001 Hibberd was honoured by the Canadian Forces when it was announced that the 1948 RCAF Flyers were selected as Canada's greatest military athletes of the 20th century.{{cite web|url=http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2001/01/athletes-of-the-century-chosen-by-the-military/ |title=Athletes Of The Century Chosen By The Military |publisher=Legion Magazine |date=2001-01-01 |accessdate=2010-07-03}} He died on May 10, 2017, at the age of 91.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=185377943 Thomas Hibberd's Obituary]
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Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
Category:Canadian ice hockey forwards
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Canada
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Canada
Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey
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