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}}

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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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