Magnus Goodman

Magnus "Mike" Goodman (March 18, 1898 – July 18, 1991) was an Icelandic-Canadian athlete. He was a member of the Winnipeg Falcons ice hockey team, who represented Canada at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal.

Magnus Goodman
Goodman at the 1920 Olympics.
Born (1898-03-18)March 18, 1898
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died July 18, 1991(1991-07-18) (aged 93)
Dade City, Florida, U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position Left Wing
Played for Selkirk Fishermen
Winnipeg Falcons
Duluth Hornets
Kansas City Pla-Mors
Wichita Blue Jays
Kansas City Greyhounds
Wichita Skyhawks
Coral-Gables Seminoles
Playing career –present
Olympic medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Canada
1920 Antwerp Team competition

Life

Goodman was born in 1898 to Icelandic immigrant Gísli Guðmundsson and Ólöf Björnsdóttir.[1] He distinguished himself in ice hockey as well as swimming and speed skating. As a young man he joined the Winnipeg Falcons, an amateur hockey team largely made up of Icelanders excluded from Winnipeg's other teams. His position was left wing. In 1920 the team won the Allan Cup and the right to represent Canada at the 1920 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic Games to feature hockey. The Falcons went on to defeat Sweden to win the gold medal. Goodman was known to carry his gold medal in his pocket at all times.

In 1938 he served as player-coach for the Coral Gables Seminoles of the Miami-based Tropical Hockey League, an early attempt to establish Hockey in the Southern United States.[2] He died in Miami in 1991 at the age of 93, the last surviving member of the Winnipeg Falcons.

Awards and achievements

References
  1. "Íshokkílið Fálkanna og forsvarsmenn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 3 February 2002. p. B4. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. McKinley, Michael (2009). Hockey: A People's History. Random House Digital. p. 124. ISBN 0771057717. Retrieved June 25, 2013.


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