Edmund Burke "Doc" Nagle (August 10, 1893 – June 24, 1966) was a Canadian professional

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player, born in

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. He played with the

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of the

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Biography

Nagle was a

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, hence his nickname "Doc". An all-around athlete, he competed in football, ice hockey,

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and

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as a student at the

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. Nagle received his dental education at the

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. While in that city, he played amateur hockey for the

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and was elected captain of the team at the beginning of the 1919–20 season.

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, who assembled the very first U.S. Olympic ice hockey team in 1920, said he would have named Nagle to the roster had Nagle been eligible to compete for the U.S. Nagle coached multiple sports for many years in

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and

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, including football at the University of Saskatchewan. He died on an ocean cruiser outside of

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in 1966, aged 72.

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* 1893 births 1966 deaths Canadian ice hockey right wingers Ice hockey people from Ottawa Pittsburgh Athletic Association ice hockey players Saskatoon Sheiks players Canadian expatriates in the United States University of Pittsburgh alumni {{Canada-icehockey-winger-1890s-stub