Donald Rope

Donald Rope
Born (1929-02-02)February 2, 1929
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died July 28, 2009(2009-07-28) (aged 80)
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen
National team  Canada
Playing career 1952–1960
Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Representing  Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1960 Squaw Valley Ice hockey

Stephen Donald Rope (February 2, 1929 – July 28, 2009) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics and 1960 Winter Olympics.

Rope was a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen who won the bronze medal for Canada in ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics[1] and the silver medal for Canada in ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics.[2]

Outside of hockey, Rope spent a year teaching at Galt Collegiate Institute.[3]: A9  He spent the rest of his teaching career at the Glenview Park Secondary School where he taught math and was director of athletics.[3]: A9  He helped establish the city's minor hockey program, a tennis club, and hiking trails.

Rope died July 28, 2009 of pneumonia.[3]: A1  After his death in 2009, admirers erected a stone monument in Cambridge's Churchill Park in Rope's honour. It stands adjacent to Duncan McIntosh Arena. It describes him as "an Olympian on the ice...an inspiration in the community."

References

  1. ^ Holland, Dave (2008). Canada's Olympic Hockey History, 1920-2010. Fenn Publishing Company Ltd. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-55168-323-2.
  2. ^ Holland, Dave (2008). Canada's Olympic Hockey History, 1920-2010. Fenn Publishing Company Ltd. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-55168-323-2.
  3. ^ a b c Hill, Valerie (July 31, 2009). "Cambridge sports icon changed many lives". Waterloo Region Record.
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