Frank Boucher (hockey coach)
Not to be confused with Frank Boucher.
Sgt. Frank Boucher (c. 1917 – December 4, 2003) was the head coach of Canada's 1948 Olympic gold medal winning ice hockey team - the Ottawa RCAF Flyers.[1][2]
The 1948 Ottawa RCAF Flyers were honoured by the Canadian Forces in 2001 when they were selected as Canada’s greatest military athletes of the 20th century.[3]
Sgt. Boucher was the son of Georges Boucher[2][4] and a nephew of Frank Boucher (both who are members of the Hockey Hall of Fame).
He died December 4, 2003 of pneumonia in Osgoode, Ontario.[5]
References
- ↑ Frank Boucher's Minor League Photograph Collection
- 1 2 History-1948 Winter
- ↑ "Athletes Of The Century Chosen By The Military". Legion Magazine. 2001-01-01. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ↑ ANSPORTS: 1943-44 Authentic Royal Canadian Air Force Jersey Royal Canadian Air Force Jersey
- ↑ "Sports Journal Briefs; Former Olympic hockey coach dies; Raines joins Expos staff; Finnish skier cops giant slalom race", Anonymous. New Brunswick Telegraph Journal [Saint John, N.B] 15 Dec 2003.
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