Gordon Christian

{{short description|American ice hockey player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Gordon Christian | image = | caption = | fullname = Gordon Eugene Christian | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|11|21}} | birth_place = Warroad, Minnesota, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|6|2|1927|11|21}} | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's ice hockey }} {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Ice hockey }} }}

'''Gordon Eugene "Gordy" Christian''' (November 21, 1927 – June 2, 2017) was an American ice hockey player. He played with the University of North Dakota from 1947 to 1950, tying for scoring leader on the team in both the 1947–48 and 1948–49 seasons.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} He was a member of United States national team that won the silver medal at thr 1956 Winter Olympics.

==Personal life== Born in Warroad, Minnesota, Christian comes from a hockey playing family. His brothers Bill Christian and Roger Christian were on the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team that won its first-ever gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics, and his nephew Dave Christian was on the U.S. Olympic Team that won its second gold at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Christian's grandnephew Brock Nelson similarly was on the U.S. Olympic Team that won its third gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wright |first1=Cory |title=The Golden Years |url=https://www.nhl.com/islanders/news/the-golden-years/c-293154872 |website=NHL.com |accessdate=April 18, 2019 |date=November 19, 2017}}</ref>

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