Norman Edward Hargreaves (November 4, 1943 – November 3, 2005) was an amateur and professional
hockey
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player, coach and teacher. He played for the bronze-medal-winning Canadian men's hockey team at the
1968 Winter Olympics
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated.
The 1968 Winter Games marked the first time ...
in
Grenoble, France
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.
Hargreaves played his minor hockey in
Foam Lake, Saskatchewan
Foam Lake is a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It had a population of 1,123 in 2006. It is located in a mixed agricultural area approximately 220 km south-east of Saskatoon on the Yellowhead Highway. Foam Lake, the lake for ...
, where he suited up for the senior
Foam Lake Flyers. He also played junior hockey for the
Melville Millionaires
The Melville Millionaires are a Canadian junior "A" ice hockey based in Melville, Saskatchewan. They are members of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). They play their home games in the CN Community Centre which has a seating capa ...
, and professionally for the
Winnipeg Jets
The Winnipeg Jets are a professional ice hockey team based in Winnipeg. The Jets compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. The te ...
of the
WHA. He finished his career in Nelson, British Columbia, where he played and coached the Nelson Maple Leafs of the
Western International Hockey League
The Western International Hockey League (WIHL) was a senior level ice hockey league that featured teams from the Western United States and Western Canada. It operated from 1946–62 and 1963–88. It grew out of the West Kootenay League, whi ...
. He taught high school and was instrumental in developing hockey programs in Nelson.
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1943 births
2005 deaths
Canadian ice hockey left wingers
Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
Olympic ice hockey players for Canada
Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Seattle Totems (WHL) players
Ice hockey people from Weyburn
Winnipeg Jets (WHA) players
20th-century Canadian sportsmen