George Mara
George Edward Mara ( born December 12, 1921 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; † August 30, 2006 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States) was a Canadian ice hockey player. At the Olympic Winter Games in 1948 he won the gold medal as a member of the Canadian national team.
Career
George Mara began his career as a hockey player in 1937 at Upper Canada College. Other teams in the junior level were the Toronto Marlboros and Toronto Telegram and Toronto Tip Top Tailors from the Toronto Hockey League ( Tohl ). In the senior level, he played for the Toronto Military Navy team from the Senior Ontario Hockey League. During World War II he served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Navy. In this role he also played for the crew of the Halifax Navy. He also ran on until 1947 for the Toronto Staffords and the University of Toronto Blues Varsitiy. In 1948 he represented Canada with the RCAF Flyers at the Winter Olympics. After the tournament, he stood in two games for the Toronto Barker from the Tohl on the ice. In the season 1948/49, he played seven games for the Montreal Royals in the Quebec Senior Hockey League, before he ended his career.
Following his hockey career Mara worked as a businessman and owned his own company, which he sold Liquör. He has also acted for a long time to charity. In August 2006, he died at the age of 84 years from the effects of heart surgery.
Internationally
For Canada, Mara participated in the Olympic Winter Games in 1948 in St. Moritz in part, in which he won the gold medal with his team. As team captain, he contributed with 26 points scorer, 17 goals, for this success.