Hobey

If you are a college hockey fan – or a Princeton alum – you may have heard of Hobey Baker.  If not, you can read all about him here.

 

On this day in history, December 21st in 1918, 26-year-old collegiate and amateur ice hockey star Hobey Baker is killed in a plane crash in Toul, France, just after the end of WW 1.

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In 1945, Baker became one of the inaugural inductees into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. The Hobey Baker Memorial Award is presented annually to the best college hockey player in the country.  It is the equivalent of college football’s Heisman Trophy.

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