Thomas Allen Pollock (August 1, 1925 – August 17, 1994) was a

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player. He was a member of the Edmonton Mercurys that won a gold medal at the

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. Pollock died of a stroke in 1994; he was the first member of the 1952 Olympic team to die."Pollock, Thomas",

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Database, accessed 1 Aug 2015"Stroke claims medallist", ''Edmonton Journal'', August 20, 1994.

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1925 births 1994 deaths Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic ice hockey players of Canada Olympic medalists in ice hockey Ice hockey people from Alberta Sportspeople from Red Deer, Alberta Canadian ice hockey defencemen {{Canada-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub