Thomas R. Dockrell (1924-2012) was an American

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 and coach for Colgate. Dockrell spent one season as Red Raiders coach before the program was dropped after the 1950–51 season. While the program was reestablished six years later, Dockrell was not retained. Dockrell served in the

Army Air Force The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

and was a member of the US AAU Team that was disqualified from competition at the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1948 (; ), were a winter multi-sport event held from 30 January to 8 February 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the ...

Head coaching record

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* 1924 births 2012 deaths Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey players Colgate Raiders men's ice hockey coaches Ice hockey coaches from Massachusetts Sportspeople from Stoneham, Massachusetts American men's ice hockey left wingers Ice hockey people from Melrose, Massachusetts United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-icehockey-winger-stub