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\u00c0 Oslo 1952<\/a>, Billy Gibson a \u00e9t\u00e9 membre de l\u2019\u00e9quipe canadienne principalement compos\u00e9e des joueurs des Mercurys d\u2019Edmonton. Dans le tournoi \u00e0 la ronde, le Canada et les \u00c9tats-Unis ont fait match nul 3 \u00e0 3, mais le Canada n\u2019a pas perdu de match par la suite, en route vers l\u2019or, alors que les Am\u00e9ricains ont perdu 4 \u00e0 2 face \u00e0 la Su\u00e8de. Ce fut la derni\u00e8re m\u00e9daille d\u2019or du Canada jusqu\u2019au retour sur la premi\u00e8re marche du podium \u00e0 Salt Lake City 2002<\/a>. Gibson a disput\u00e9 huit matchs et marqu\u00e9 15 buts aux Jeux d\u2019Oslo, \u00e9tant le meilleur marqueur du Canada dans ce tournoi. Comme membre des Maple Leafs de Lethbridge, Gibson a remport\u00e9 le titre du Championnat du monde de 1951 pour le Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gibson a jou\u00e9 un an dans la Ligue junior du Sud de l\u2019Alberta avec les Native Sons de Lethbridge puis s\u2019est ensuite joint \u00e0 la Ligue de hockey senior de l\u2019Ouest du Canada en 1947, o\u00f9 il a jou\u00e9 quatre saisons avec les Maple Leafs de Lethbridge. En 1953, il est retourn\u00e9 avec les Native Sons pour un an avant de prendre sa retraite sportive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00e9 en Colombie-Britannique, Gibson a d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 \u00e0 Lethbridge, en Alberta, dans sa jeunesse et il y est rest\u00e9 pour le reste de sa vie, o\u00f9 il a travaill\u00e9 comme vendeur de voitures jusqu\u2019\u00e0 sa mort, en 2006, \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 79 ans.Comme membre de l\u2019\u00e9quipe olympique, Gibson a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e et Mus\u00e9e du sport de l\u2019Alberta en 1968, au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e de Lethbridge en 1985 avec les Native Sons de Lethbridge et au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada en 2002, avec les Mercurys d\u2019Edmonton de 1952.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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