Ross King

Ross Hartford King (February 19, 1919 – June 6, 1972) was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender. 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.

Career King was a star goaltender with the Portage la Prairie Terriers when they won the Memorial Cup in 1942. King joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and in March 1947 he was transferred to the RCAF station in Whitehorse, Yukon.

After the Olympic Games, the Ottawa RCAF Flyers went on an extensive exhibition tour of Europe, playing in front of crowds reaching 20,000 (as they did in Paris). King became the regular goalie during the post-Olympics exhibition tour, and the RCAF Flyers won 31 of the 42 games played. Upon returning to Canada with a gold medal around his neck, King and the other team members were greeted with a ticker-tape parade in Ottawa.

During the 1948–49 season, King played for the RCAF Flyers in the Whitehorse Senior Men's League.

Personal life After retiring from hockey, King returned to Portage la Prairie, where he settled with his wife Joyce and two children, David and Janet. He died in 1972.