Thomas Syme
{{short description|British ice hockey player}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| position = Defence
| played_for = Dunfermline Vikings
Paisley Pirates
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| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 190
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1928|5|15}}
| birth_place = Blairhall, Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2011|8|22|1928|5|15}}
| death_place = Palmdale, California, U.S.
| ntl_team = GBR
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| career_start = 1946
| career_end = 1957
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Thomas Woods "Tom, Tuck" Syme (15 May 1928 – 22 August 2011) was a British ice hockey player. He played for the Dunfermline Vikings and Paisley Pirates during the 1940s and 1950s. He also played for the Great Britain national ice hockey team at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1950 Ice Hockey World Championships. After retiring from ice hockey he emigrated to Canada before settling in the United States in 1960. He was inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.
He was the younger brother of fellow British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame member, James "Tiny" Syme. He died 22 August 2011 of kidney failure.
External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
- [https://archive.today/20080216095749/http://www.ihjuk.co.uk/hall_of_fame/Syme.htm British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame entry]
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Category:British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Deaths from kidney failure in California
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Great Britain
Category:Paisley Pirates players
Category:People from Blairhall
Category:Scottish emigrants to Canada
Category:Scottish emigrants to the United States
Category:Scottish ice hockey defencemen
Category:Ice hockey players from Fife
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