Magnus Goodman

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Magnus Goodman
Magnus Goodman, 1920 Olympics.jpg
Position Left Wing
Height
Weight
5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)
150 lb (68 kg)
Teams Selkirk Fishermen
Winnipeg Falcons
Duluth Hornets
Kansas City Pla-Mors
Wichita Blue Jays
Kansas City Greyhounds
Wichita Skyhawks
Coral-Gables Seminoles
Born March 18, 1898,
Winnipeg, MB, CAN
Died July 17, 1991,
Dade City, FL, USA
Playing Career ? – ?

Magnus "Mike" Goodman (March 18, 1898 – July 17, 1991) was a Canadian athlete. He was a member of the Winnipeg Falcons ice hockey team, who represented Canada at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.

Goodman was born in 1898 to Icelandic immigrant parents. He distinguished himself in ice hockey as well as swimming and speed skating. As a young man he joined the Winnipeg Falcons, an amateur hockey team largely made up of Icelanders excluded from Winnipeg's other teams. His position was left wing. In 1920 the team won the Allan Cup and the right to represent Canada at the 1920 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic Games to feature hockey. The Falcons went on to defeat Sweden to win the gold medal.

In 1938 he served as player-coach for the Coral Gables Seminoles of the Miami-based Tropical Hockey League, an early attempt to establish Hockey in the Southern United States. He died in Miami in 1991 at the age of 93, the last surviving member of the Winnipeg Falcons.

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