List of United States national ice hockey team rosters
Men 's Olympics -- 1924 Winter Olympics
Table:
Position

Name

Height (cm)

Weight (kg)

Birthdate

Birthplace

Team

G

Alphonse Lacroix

170

62

October 21, 1897

Newton, Massachusetts

Boston Athletic Association

D

Taffy Abel

185

102

May 28, 1900

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Michigan Soo Wildcats

D

Herbert Drury

170

75

March 2, 1896

Midland, Ontario

Pittsburgh AA

John Langley

178

June 25, 1896

Melrose, Massachusetts

Melrose Athletic Club

John Lyons

April 4, 1899

Arlington, Massachusetts

Boston Athletic Association

Justin McCarthy

January 25, 1899

Charlestown, Massachusetts

Boston Athletic Association

Willard Rice

April 21, 1895

Newtonville, Massachusetts

Boston Athletic Association

Irving Small

178

July 19, 1891

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Boston Athletic Association

Frank Synott

December 28, 1891

Chatham, New Brunswick

Boston Athletic Association

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Alphonse Albert Lacroix ( October 21 , 1897 - April 12 , 1973 ) , known as Al or Frenchy , was an American ice hockey goaltender who is best known as a member of the silver medal-winning American ice hockey team at the 1924 Winter Olympics , and as the emergency goaltender who replaced Georges Vezina when he collapsed in a game in 1925 .
Newton is a suburban city in Middlesex County , Massachusetts , United States . It is approximately 7 miles ( 11 km ) west of downtown Boston and is bordered by Boston 's Brighton and West Roxbury neighborhoods to the east and south , respectively , and by the suburb of Brookline to the east , the suburbs of Watertown and Waltham to the north , and Weston , Wellesley and Needham to the west . Rather than having a single city center , Newton resembles a patchwork of thirteen villages . According to the 2010 U.S. Census , the population of Newton was 85,146 , making it the eleventh largest city in the state . [ not verified in body ]
The Boston Athletic Association ( B.A.A . ) is a non-profit , running-focused , organized sports association for the Greater Boston area . The B.A.A . hosts such events as the Boston Marathon , the B.A.A . 5K , the B.A.A . 10K , the B.A.A . Half Marathon , the B.A.A . Distance Medley ( comprising the 5k , 10K , and half marathon events ) , and the B.A.A . Invitational Mile . The mission of the B.A.A . is promoting a healthy lifestyle through sports , especially running .
Clarence John Taffy Abel ( May 28 , 1900 - August 1 , 1964 ) was a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . He was a member of two Stanley Cup championship teams . He was the first United States-born player to become a NHL regular . He is a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame .
Sault Ste . Marie /ˌsuː seɪnt məˈriː/ is a city in , and the county seat of , Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan . It is on the northeastern end of Michigan 's Upper Peninsula , on the Canada-US border , and separated from its twin city of Sault Ste . Marie , Ontario , by the St. Marys River . The city is relatively isolated from other communities in Michigan and is 346 miles from Detroit . The population was 14,144 at the 2010 census , making it the second-most populous city in the Upper Peninsula . By contrast , the Canadian Sault Ste . Marie is much larger , with more than 75,000 residents , based on more extensive industry developed in the 20th century and an economy with closer connections to other communities . Sault Ste . Marie was settled by Native Americans more than 12,000 years ago , and was long a crossroads of fishing and trading of tribes around the Great Lakes . Beginning in the late 17th century , it developed as the first European settlement in the region that became the Midwestern United States . Father Jacques Marquette , a French Jesuit , learned of the Native American village and traveled there in 1668 to found a Catholic mission .
Herbert Joseph Herb Drury ( March 2 , 1896 - July 1 , 1965 ) was a naturalized American professional ice hockey defenseman who played six seasons in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Quakers .
Midland is a town located on Georgian Bay in Simcoe County , Ontario , Canada . It is part of the Huronia/Wendat region of Central Ontario . Situated at the southern end of Georgian Bay 's 30,000 Islands , Midland is the economic centre of the region , with a 125-bed hospital and a local airport ( Midland/Huronia Airport ) . It is the main town of the southern Georgian Bay area . In the summer months , the area 's population grows to over 100,000 with seasonal visitors to more than 8,000 cottages , resort hotels , provincial and national parks in the surrounding municipalities of Penetanguishene , Tiny and Tay .
The Pittsburgh Athletic Association is a private social club and athletic club in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA . Its clubhouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard in the city 's Oakland district , it faces three other landmark buildings : the University of Pittsburgh 's Cathedral of Learning and William Pitt Union ( formerly The Schenley Hotel ) as well as the Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum and Memorial . The latter , as well as the nearby Twentieth Century Club , being designed by noted architect , Benno Janssen . The club was organized in 1908 by real estate developer Franklin Nicola . Architect Benno Janssen ( 1874 - 1964 ) used a Venetian Renaissance palace as a prototype for his design , perhaps Palazzo Grimani or Libreria on Piazza San Marco . The structure was completed in 1911 . Prior to that , the club operated out of the Farmer 's Bank Building ( now razed ) , downtown at Forbes St ( then Diamond ) and Smithfield . The Pittsburgh Athletic Association is a nonprofit membership club chartered in 1908 , operating to 2017 . It offered comprehensive athletic facilities , sports lessons , spa services , fine dining , and overnight accommodations . Some of the building 's more interesting features include a pool on the third floor , full basketball and squash courts , a 16 lane bowling alley , and a room dedicated to former University of Pittsburgh football coach Johnny Majors . The club had several annual events , the most popular including an Easter brunch , a lobster dinner , and collegiate boxing events .
John Arthur Art Langley ( June 25 , 1896 - March 5 , 1967 ) was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics . Born in Melrose , Massachusetts , he was a member of the American ice hockey team , which won the silver medal . He died in Eustis , Florida .
Melrose is a city located in the Greater Boston metropolitan area in Middlesex County , Massachusetts , United States . Its population as per the 2010 United States Census is 26,983 . It is a suburb located approximately seven miles north of Boston and is situated in the center of the triangle created by Interstates 93 , 95 and U.S. Route 1 . The land that comprises Melrose was first settled in 1628 and was once part of Charlestown and then Malden . It became the Town of Melrose in 1850 and then the City of Melrose in 1900 .
The Melrose Athletic Club was a professional football team based in Atlantic City , New Jersey from 1921 until around 1927 . The club which was also known as the Atlantic City Roses and the Atlantic City Atlantics was arguably the most popular football team in New Jersey during the 1920s . Due to the team 's location in Atlantic City , the Roses attracted several of the teams from the Anthracite League , based in Pennsylvania , as well as the Canton Bulldogs , Frankford Yellow Jackets , Pottsville Maroons and Rochester Jeffersons of the National Football League . From 1926 until 1927 Melrose joined the Eastern League of Professional Football . The team would later return to the independent circuit after the league folded in 1927 . During the 1927 season the Roses acquired many players from the now-defunct Philadelphia Quakers who were named American Football League a year earlier . Al Kruez and George Sullivan were in the Roses line-up for an October 2 , 1927 game against the Staten Island Stapletons . The Roses lost the game 6-0 after a late fourth quarter fumble . Atlantic City 's star of the game was end Whitey Thomas , another ex-Quaker , who caught four passes for 101 yards . The team played all of its home games at Bader Field which was , and still is , a part of Atlantic City 's airport . The team disappeared after 1927 ; though no record is known to exist of them folding ( not an uncommon occurrence among independent teams ) , teams that normally played them , such as the Bayonne Vikings and the Orange Tornadoes , suddenly stopped doing so , since no records of games against Atlantic City exist after 1927 .
John Sharkey Lyons ( March 31 , 1900 - January 15 , 1971 ) was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics . He was a member of the American ice hockey team , which won the silver medal . He died in Arlington , Massachusetts .
Arlington is a town in Middlesex County , Massachusetts , United States , six miles ( 10 km ) northwest of Boston . The population was 42,844 at the 2010 census .
Justin Jeremiah Jerry McCarthy ( January 25 , 1899 - April 8 , 1976 ) was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics . He was a graduate of the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1921 , ( later , the University of Massachusetts ) , where he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity . Selected for the USA squad , McCarthy was the captain of the American ice hockey team , which won the silver medal . He died in Centerville , Massachusetts .
Charlestown is the oldest neighborhood within the city of Boston , Massachusetts , United States . Originally called Mishawum by the Massachusett tribe , it is located on a peninsula north of the Charles River , across from downtown Boston , and also adjoins the Mystic River and Boston Harbor waterways . Charlestown was laid out in 1629 by engineer Thomas Graves , one of its earliest settlers , in the reign of Charles I of England . It was originally a separate town and the first capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony . Charlestown became a city in 1848 and was annexed by Boston on January 5 , 1874 . With that , it also switched from Middlesex County , to which it had belonged since 1643 , to Suffolk County . It has had a substantial Irish-American population since the migration of Irish people during the Great Irish Famine of the 1840s . Since the late 1980s , the neighborhood has changed dramatically because of its proximity to downtown and its colonial architecture . A mix of yuppie and upper-middle-class gentrification has influenced much of the area , as it has in many of Boston 's neighborhoods , but Charlestown still maintains a strong Irish-American population and Townie identity . In the 21st century , Charlestown 's diversity has expanded dramatically , along with growing rates of the very poor and very wealthy . Today Charlestown is a largely residential neighborhood , with much housing near the waterfront , overlooking the Boston skyline . Charlestown is home to many historic sites , hospitals and organizations , with access from the Orange Line Sullivan Square or Community College stops or the I-93 expressway .
Willard Wadsworth Rice ( April 21 , 1895 - July 21 , 1967 ) was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics . Rice was born in Newton , Massachusetts the son of Abbott Barnes Rice , a Massachusetts legislator , and Amy Thurber ( Bridges ) Rice . He was a graduate of Harvard University in 1922 . Rice played hockey with the Boston Athletic Association team in the 1920s & 1930s that played at the Boston Arena . He was a member of the American ice hockey team in the 1924 Winter Olympics that won the silver medal . Rice had a career as an executive with a soap manufacturing company . He died in Weston , Massachusetts on 21 July 1967 .
Newtonville is a village of Newton , Massachusetts .
Irving Wheeler Small ( July 19 , 1891 - December 12 , 1955 ) was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics . He was a member of the American ice hockey team , which won the silver medal . He was born in Cambridge , Massachusetts , and died in Monrovia , California . Irv Small was brought up in Massachusetts and played amateur hockey as a member of the Boston AA team . In 1913 , however , he moved to California , but came east to play hockey during the winters . He made the 1924 ice hockey team while still a member of the BAA .
Cambridge ( /ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ/ KAYM-brij ) is a city in Middlesex County , Massachusetts , and part of the Boston metropolitan area . As of July 2014 [ update ] , it was the fifth most populous city in the state , behind Boston , Worcester , Springfield , and Lowell . According to the 2010 Census , the city 's population was 105,162. was one of two county seats of Middlesex County until the county government was abolished in Massachusetts in 1997 . Situated directly north of Boston , across the Charles River , it was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England , an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town 's founders . :18 Harvard University , the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) , Lesley University , and Hult International Business School are in Cambridge , as was Radcliffe College before it merged with Harvard . Kendall Square in Cambridge has been called the most innovative square mile on the planet due to the high concentration of successful startups that have emerged in the vicinity of the square since 2010 .
Francis Allen Red Synott ( December 28 , 1890 in Chatham , New Brunswick - October 12 , 1945 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an ice hockey star of the early 1920s , playing on the first two United States hockey teams , and winning silver medals with them in 1920 and 1924 . Besides the Olympics , he won a world championship with the U.S. in 1920 . Synott also played for AA Boston for a brief period ( 1919-1920 ) .
Chatham is an urban neighbourhood in the city of Miramichi , New Brunswick , Canada . Prior to municipal amalgamation in 1995 , Chatham was an incorporated town in Northumberland County along the south bank of the Miramichi River opposite Douglastown . Since amalgamation , it has been sometimes referred to as Miramichi East .