Daniel McKinnon (ice hockey): Difference between revisions

'''Daniel Duncan McKinnon''' (21 April 1927<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.helgesonfuneralhome.com/notices/Daniel-McKinnon | title=Obituary for Daniel D. McKinnon }}</ref> – 6 August 2017) was an [[ice hockey]] player who played for the [[United States men's national ice hockey team|American national team]]. He won a silver medal at the [[1956 Winter Olympics]]. He was born in [[Williams, Minnesota|Williams]], [[Minnesota]].<ref name="SR">[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223546/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/dan-mckinnon-1.html Daniel McKinnon's profile at Sports Reference.com]</ref>

McKinnon had been an All-Star while playing for the [[University of North Dakota]] hockey team following the Second World War. In 1951 McKinnon followed a group of friends to [[San Bernardino, California]] for a year. He played hockey for the San Bernardino Shamrocks and worked as a diesel engine repairman for the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]. McKinnon's hockey career came to an end in 1958. While he was out deer hunting, his gun misfired and destroyed part of his hand, preventing him from being able to hold a hockey stick properly. He retired from the sport and joined the staff of the Marvin Window Company, for which he worked for more than two decades. McKinnon died in [[Warroad, Minnesota]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/4308872-und-hockey-pioneer-olympic-silver-medalist-dan-mckinnon-dies |title=UND hockey pioneer, Olympic silver medalist Dan McKinnon dies |access-date=2017-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808073140/http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/4308872-und-hockey-pioneer-olympic-silver-medalist-dan-mckinnon-dies |archive-date=2017-08-08 |dead-url-status=yesdead }}</ref>