Willard Rice

Willard Rice
Born April 21, 1895
Newton, Massachusetts, US
Died July 21, 1967
Weston, Massachusetts, US
Position Left Wing
National team  United States
Playing career 19141926
Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
1924 Chamonix Team Competition

Willard Wadsworth Rice (April 21, 1895 - July 21, 1967) was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.

Rice was born in Newton, Massachusetts the son of Abbott Barnes Rice, a Massachusetts legislator, and Amy Thurber (Bridges) Rice. He was a graduate of Harvard University in 1922.[1][2] Rice played hockey with the Boston Athletic Association team in the 1920s & 1930s that played at the Boston Arena. He was a member of the American ice hockey team in the 1924 Winter Olympics that won the silver medal. Rice had a career as an executive with a soap manufacturing company. He died in Weston, Massachusetts on 21 July 1967.[3]

Notes

  1. "1924 Chamonix Winter Games". Ivies at Athens. Retrieved 4 Jul 2011.
  2. "Harvard University Olympians". docstoc.com. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  3. "Willard Rice profile". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
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