Thomas Syme
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Position | Defender |
Nickname(s) | Tuck |
Height Weight |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg/13 st 8 lb) |
Pro clubs | Dunfermline Vikings Paisley Pirates |
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Born | May 15, 1928 , Blairhall, Fife, Scotland |
Pro career | 1946 – 1954 |
Thomas Woods "Tuck" Syme (born May 15, 1928 ) is a former British ice hockey player. He played for the Dunfermline Vikings and Paisley Pirates during the 1940s and 1950s. He also played for the Great Britain national ice hockey team at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1950 Ice Hockey World Championships. After retiring from ice hockey he emigrated to Canada before settling in the United States in 1960. He was inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.
He is the younger brother of fellow British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame member, James "Tiny" Syme.
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NAME | Syme, Thomas Woods |
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SHORT DESCRIPTION | Ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1928-05-15 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Blairhall, Fife, Scotland |
DATE OF DEATH | |
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Categories: 1928 births | British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame | European ice hockey biography stubs | Ice hockey players at the 1948 Winter Olympics | Living people | Olympic ice hockey players of Great Britain | Paisley Pirates players | Scottish ice hockey players | Scottish immigrants to Canada | Scottish immigrants to the United States