Stan Obodiac

Stanley Obodiac (February 7, 1922 – November 3, 1984) was a Canadian ice hockey player with the Lethbridge Maple Leafs. He won a gold medal at the 1951 World Ice Hockey Championships in Paris, France. The 1951 Lethbridge Maple Leafs team was inducted to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1974. He was the leading scorer of the 1951 World Championship tournament."Stan Obodiac", Society for International Hockey Research Database, accessed August 4, 2015.
Following his career as a hockey player, he remained employed in hockey as public relations director for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Maple Leaf Gardens."Gardens scrapbook ; Leafs leave much to think about after seven decades on Carlton St.". Toronto Star, February 13, 1999. In this capacity, he wrote and published the history book The Leafs: The First 50 Years, which was a finalist for the Toronto Book Awards in 1977."Literary mistress-of-all-trades Atwood shares $3,000 book prize". Toronto Star, February 18, 1977.
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Category:Canadian ice hockey left wingers