About Robert McVey
Born 1936. Robert McVey is an American ice hockey player.
Robert Patrick McVey (born March 14, 1936) is an American ice hockey player. He won a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics, bringing home the US's first Olympic Hockey Gold Medal while playing on the team's top line with Bill Cleary and Bob Cleary. He went to Harvard and then onto the Olympics after turning down a professional offer from the Boston Bruins to play for their top minor league team the Kingston Frontenacs (EPHL) in 1959. He lived in Hamden, Connecticut, and now lives in Florida.
He attended Choate Rosemary Hall and graduated in the class of 1954.
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Who is Robert McVey?
American ice hockey player
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Robert McVey was born on 14 March 1936 in Hartford.
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Robert McVey is an ice hockey player.
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