Art Hurst

Art Hurst
Born
Arthur Robert Hurst

(1923-05-02)2 May 1923
Toronto, Canada
DiedNovember 1993 (1994) (aged 70)
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
RelativesRon Hurst (brother)
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 place1956 Cortina d'AmpezzoIce hockey

Arthur Robert Hurst (2 May 1923, Toronto – November 1993, Kitchener) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics.[1]

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.[2] He played with the Dutchmen between 1949 and 1954 and again from 1956 to 1958. In between, he played with the Stratford Indians.[3] He spent his early career with the Sydney Navy, the Toronto Bowser Orphans, and the Toronto Staffords. He retired in 1958.[1]

His brother Ron played for the Toronto Maple Leafs.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Olympedia - ArtHurst". Olympedia. 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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