Marsh Ryman, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Marsh Ryman

American ice hockey player and coach, college athletics administrator

Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1910

Date of Death: 31-Jan-1992

Profession: ice hockey player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Marsh Ryman

  • Marshall W.
  • "Marsh" Ryman (June 26, 1910 – January 31, 1992) was a collegiate hockey coach and athletic director at the University of Minnesota.
  • Ryman played baseball and hockey for Minnesota and was the hockey team captain for the 1931–32 season.
  • Ryman coached the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's hockey team in the 1955–56 season to a 16–12–1 record while John Mariucci coached the United States national men's ice hockey team at the 1956 Winter Olympics.
  • Subsequently, Ryman served as the national team coach himself, from 1958–59.
  • in 1960, Ryman was a referee at the 1960 Winter Olympics.
  • Later, Ryman became the Gophers' athletic director from 1963 to 1972, when the University forced Ryman to resign.
  • He won the 1972 George Eldridge Distinguished Service Award for his work in that position.
  • In 1978, he was elected to the National Association of College Athletic Directors Hall of Fame.
  • Ryman died of pneumonia in St.
  • Louis Park, Minnesota in 1992.
  • He is interred in Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.

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