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Canadian ice hockey player
Art Hurst
BornArthur Robert Hurst
(1923-05-02)2 May 1923
Toronto, Canada
DiedNovember 1993 (1994) (aged 70)
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
RelativesRon Hurst (brother)
Ice hockey player
Ice hockey career
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb; 12 st 6 lb)
Position Defense
Played for
National team  Canada
Medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Representing  Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Ice hockey

Arthur Robert Hurst (2 May 1923, Toronto – November 1993, Kitchener) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics.

Career

Hurst was a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen who won the bronze medal for Canada in ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He played with the Dutchmen between 1949 and 1954 and again from 1956 to 1958. In between, he played with the Stratford Indians. He spent his early career with the Sydney Navy, the Toronto Bowser Orphans, and the Toronto Staffords. He retired in 1958.

His brother Ron played for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

References

  1. ^ "Olympedia - ArtHurst". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  2. Holland, Dave (2008). Canada's Olympic Hockey History, 1920-2010. Fenn Publishing Company Ltd. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-55168-323-2.
  3. Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
  4. "All in the family". Waterloo Region Record. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. 1993-11-18. p. 26. Retrieved 2023-12-20 – via newspapers.com.


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