Hayward Alan Roger "Rod" Plaxton (June 2, 1904 – December 20, 1963) was a Canadian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

player who competed in the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit ...

. In 1928 he was a member of the University of Toronto Grads, the Canadian team which won the gold medal with two cousins Herbert and

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Roger Plaxton at databaseOlympics.com
1904 births 1963 deaths Canadian ice hockey players Ice hockey players at the 1928 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic ice hockey players for Canada Olympic medalists in ice hockey Toronto Varsity Blues ice hockey players {{Canada-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub