Willard Rice | |||||||||||||||||
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Born |
April 21, 1895 Newton, Massachusetts, US | ||||||||||||||||
Died |
July 21, 1967 Weston, Massachusetts, US | (aged 72)||||||||||||||||
Position | Left wing | ||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1914–1926 | ||||||||||||||||
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Willard Wadsworth Rice (April 21, 1895 โ July 21, 1967) was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.
Rice was born in Newton, Massachusetts the son of Abbott Barnes Rice, a Massachusetts legislator, and Amy Thurber (Bridges) Rice. He was a graduate of Harvard University in 1922.[1][2] Rice played hockey with the Boston Athletic Association team in the 1920s and 1930s that played at the Boston Arena. He was a member of the American ice hockey team in the 1924 Winter Olympics that won the silver medal. Rice had a career as an executive with a soap manufacturing company. He died in Weston, Massachusetts on 21 July 1967.[3]