Bill Cleary (ice hockey)
Bill and Bob Cleary
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| Sport(s) | ice hockey |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 19, 1934 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Playing career | |
| 1953–1955 | Harvard |
| 1956 | US Olympic Team |
| 1956–1957 | US National Team |
| 1958–1959 | US National Team |
| 1960 | US Olympic Team |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1968–1969 | Harvard (freshman) |
| 1969–1971 | Harvard (assistant) |
| 1971–1990 | Harvard |
| 1990–2001 | Harvard (Athletic Director) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 324-201-24 (.612) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1973 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion 1975 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion 1982 ECAC Hockey Ivy Region Champion 1983 ECAC Hockey Ivy Region Champion 1983 ECAC Hockey Tournament Champion 1984 ECAC Hockey Ivy Region Champion 1986 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion 1987 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion 1987 ECAC Hockey Tournament Champion 1988 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion 1989 ECAC Hockey Regular Season Champion 1989 NCAA National Championship |
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| Awards | |
| 1983 Spencer Penrose Award 1988 ECAC Coach of the Year 1989 United States Olympic Hall of Fame (Team) 1993 Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award 1997 IIHF Hall of Fame 1997 Lester Patrick Award |
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| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men’s ice hockey | ||
Representing the  United States
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1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Team |
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1960 Squaw Valley | Team |
William John Cleary, Jr. (born August 8, 1934) is a retired American ice hockey player, coach, and athletic administrator. He played on the U.S. National Team that won the 1960 Winter Olympics gold medal, and is a notable Belmont Hill alumnus.
Cleary was an All-American hockey player at Harvard, starring for two years and setting several team records (many of which still stand) along the way, including most goals in a game (6), longest goal-scoring streak (15), most goals in a season (42) and most points in a single season (89). Cleary's scoring prowess was instrumental in Harvard's invitation to the 1955 NCAA Tournament, the first in school history, and Cleary was named to the All-Tournament First Team after Harvard's third-place finish.
Taking a year away from college, he won a silver medal as a member of the U.S. ice hockey team at the 1956 Winter Olympics, after turning down a professional-contract offer from the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens. At the 1959 World Ice Hockey Championships, he won the IIHF directorate award for best forward. At the 1960 Winter Olympics, in Squaw Valley, California, he won a gold medal with the U.S. team that upset the heavily favored Soviet team, leading his team in scoring through the tournament with 14 points.
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