Donald Whiston

Donald Francis "Don" Whiston (born June 19, 1927-July 10, 2020) is an American ice hockey player. He won a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics. He was a goaltender on the Brown University team backstopping them to league championships in 1950 and 1951. He was named Most Outstanding Player of the 1951 Frozen Four as well as first team All-American in 1951.
He later served as head coach of the Brown team for three seasons (1952-53 to 1954-55 compiling a 27-27-1 record.
He was one of the first goaltenders to somewhat regularly wear a mask while playing goal while at Brown about ten years prior to Jacques Plante wearing a mask in an NHL game in 1959.
Category:Born in 1927
Category:American ice hockey players
Category:1952 Olympian
Category:Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
Category:Dead in 2020
Category:Brown Bears coaches
Category:Brown Bears players