Rodney Paavola

American ice hockey player

Ice hockey player

Rod Paavola

Born

(1939-08-21)August 21, 1939
Hancock, Michigan

Died

December 3, 1995(1995-12-03) (aged 56)
Marquette, Michigan

National team

United States

Playing career

1957–1966

Medal record

Men's ice hockey

Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1960 Squaw Valley	Team competition

Rodney Earland Paavola (August 21, 1939 – December 3, 1995) was an American ice hockey player.

Paavola was of Finnish descent.^[1] He played football in high school for the Hancock Bulldogs.^[2]^[3] He won a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics as a member of the US Olympic Ice Hockey Team.^[4]

References

^ Ruskeeahde, Jukka. "Yhdysvaltain jääkiekkoseurat, maajoukkueet ja niiden amerikansuomalaiset" (in Finnish). Finnish Society of Ice Hockey History [fi]. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
^ "Ontonagon Ends Grid Season with 27–0 Loss to Hancock". Ironwood Daily Globe. Ironwood, MI. October 24, 1955. p. 5. Retrieved December 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Corgiat is 5th in U.P. Scoring". Ironwood Daily Globe. Ironwood, MI. September 21, 1956. p. 6. Retrieved December 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Fort Welcomes Olympian Back". The Manhattan Mercury. Manhattan, KS. April 6, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved December 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.