Chris Kelland (born December 22, 1957) is a

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retired

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defender who played his entire professional career in the United Kingdom. He also played for the Great Britain national team between 1991 and 1994. He was inducted into the

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in 2002. Kelland was born in

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, Canada. After retiring from ice hockey, he joined the South Yorkshire fire service as crew manager at Mansfield Road Fire Station and appeared on TV series Total Emergency

Awards and honours

*Named to the

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First Team in 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87 and 1987–88. *Named World Championships Pool C Group A Best Defenceman in 1992. *Inducted to the

in 2002. *Number 21 shirt retired by

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on 15 December 2007.

Career statistics

Club

International

Footnotes

References

A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice HockeyEuropean Hockey.NetIce Hockey Journalists UKThe Internet Hockey Database

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kelland, Chris 1957 births British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame inductees British ice hockey defencemen Canadian ice hockey defencemen Edinburgh Capitals players Coventry Blaze players Hull Thunder players Living people Nottingham Panthers players Ice hockey people from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Sheffield Steelers players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Naturalised ice hockey players