Biographical details | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Cambridge, Massachusetts | August 19, 1934||||||||||||||
Playing career | |||||||||||||||
1953–1955 | Harvard | ||||||||||||||
1956 | US Olympic Team | ||||||||||||||
1956–1957 | US National Team | ||||||||||||||
1958–1959 | US National Team | ||||||||||||||
1960 | US Olympic Team | ||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Center | ||||||||||||||
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
1968–1969 | Harvard (freshman) | ||||||||||||||
1969–1971 | Harvard (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
1971–1990 | Harvard | ||||||||||||||
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |||||||||||||||
1990–2001 | Harvard | ||||||||||||||
Head coaching record | |||||||||||||||
Overall | 324–201–24 | ||||||||||||||
Accomplishments and honors | |||||||||||||||
Championships | |||||||||||||||
1973 ECAC Hockey Champion 1975 ECAC Hockey Champion 1982 ECAC Hockey Ivy Region Champion 1983 ECAC Hockey Ivy Region Champion 1983 ECAC Hockey Tournament Champion 1984 ECAC Hockey Ivy Region Champion 1986 ECAC Hockey Champion 1987 ECAC Hockey Champion 1987 ECAC Hockey Tournament Champion 1988 ECAC Hockey Champion 1989 ECAC Hockey Champion 1989 NCAA National Championship | |||||||||||||||
Awards | |||||||||||||||
1976 US Hockey Hall of Fame 1983 Spencer Penrose Award 1988 ECAC Coach of the Year 1989 US Olympic Hall of Fame (Team) 1993 Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey 1997 IIHF Hall of Fame 1997 Lester Patrick Award | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William John Cleary Jr. (born August 19, 1934) is an American former ice hockey player, coach, and athletic administrator. He is an alumnus of Belmont Hill School, played on the United States men's national ice hockey team that won the gold medal in ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics, and was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1997.