Johnny Bent
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| Silver medal – second place | 1932 Lake Placid | Team Competition |
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John Peale Bent (August 5, 1908 – June 5, 2004) was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics.
Early life
Bent was born in Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Kent School in Kent, Connecticut in 1926 where he played on the team with fellow hockey Olympian Winthrop Palmer. Both Bent and Palmer also played hockey at Yale University before competing in the Olympics. In 1932 he was a member of the American ice hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played all six matches and scored three goals. He died in Lake Forest, Illinois.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Johnny Bent sports-reference.com
Categories:
- 1908 births
- 2004 deaths
- American men's ice hockey forwards
- Ice hockey players from Pennsylvania
- Ice hockey players at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Kent School alumni
- Medalists at the 1932 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey
- People from Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
- Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey players