Canadian men’s hockey gold medal up for auction
Global News
It's not McDavid, or Gretzky, or Crosby - but an Olympic gold medal from one of our country's best hockey players back in 1952 is up for grabs in an Olympic auction.
As Olympic fever sweeps the country, an online auction featuring hundreds of pieces of Olympic memorabilia is set to close Thursday evening.
RR Auction has 340 Olympic lots up for bid, including torches, medals, pins, and diplomas.
One of the items is from one of the greatest hockey players in the world — back in 1952.
A forward with the Edmonton Mercurys, William “Billy” Gibson scored 15 goals and had seven assists over just eight games in the Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
He led Canada to victory over the United States to claim the gold medal.
His son, Darin Gibson, told Global News,”To Dad it was kind of the crowning achievement of a really good, successful amateur hockey career.
Gibson said he and his three siblings have been passing their father’s Olympic gold medal and memorabilia around between their families for the last 20 years, since he died in Lethbridge at the age of 79 back in 2006.
“For him, it was a life-changing event, even years after,” he said.
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