Walter Brown

Walter A. Brown (February 10, 1905 – September 7, 1964) was the original owner of the Boston Celtics as well as an important figure in the development of ice hockey in the United States.
==Life==
He was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts and attended Boston Latin School from 1922 to 1923 and Philips Exeter Academy from 1923 to 1926. 
==Hockey==
Brown also played an important role in the development of hockey; he coached the amateur Boston Olympics to five Eastern Hockey League championships and guided the USA to its first gold medal in the Ice Hockey World Championships in 1933. In 1951, he bought the financially strapped Boston Bruins; he had been the Bruins' landlord since becoming the Garden's manager. He served as the president of the International Ice Hockey Federation from 1954 to 1957.
==See also==
*Walter Brown Arena
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Category:Born in 1905
Category:Dead in 1964
Category:Hockey Hall of Fame
Category:International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame
Category:Lester Patrick Trophy recipients
Category:United States Hockey Hall of Fame
Category:Team Owners
Category:Boston Bruins
Category:Boston Olympics coaches
Category:International Ice Hockey Federation president
Category:American ice hockey coaches