Amo Bessone, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Amo Bessone

American ice hockey player

Date of Birth: 22-Nov-1916

Date of Death: 09-Jan-2010

Profession: ice hockey player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Amos "Betts" Bessone (November 22, 1916 – January 9, 2010) was a collegiate ice hockey player and head coach. Bessone was born in Sagamore, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he learned to play hockey. As a hockey coach, Bessone is best remembered for winning a national championship as a heavy underdog in 1966 with the "Cinderella Spartans." He was one of the most colorful college coaches of his era with a trademark whistle he used to signal line changes.As intense as Bessone was behind the bench, he was warm and endearing off the ice.
During his coaching days, he regularly invited fellow coaches, officials and reporters out for drinks or back to his house for spaghetti following games.