# Gordon Christian

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{{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](/source/Warroad%2C_Minnesota), U.S.
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2017|6|2|1927|11|21}}
| show-medals      = yes
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) }}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Olympic Games](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_Olympic_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver | [1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo](/source/1956_Winter_Olympics) | [Ice hockey](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_1956_Winter_Olympics) }}
}}

'''Gordon Eugene "Gordy" Christian''' (November 21, 1927 – June 2, 2017) was an American [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) player. He played with the [University of North Dakota](/source/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](/source/United_States_men's_national_ice_hockey_team) that won the silver medal at thr [1956 Winter Olympics](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_1956_Winter_Olympics).

==Personal life==
Born in [Warroad, Minnesota](/source/Warroad%2C_Minnesota), Christian comes from a hockey playing family. His brothers [Bill Christian](/source/Bill_Christian) and [Roger Christian](/source/Roger_Christian_(ice_hockey)) were on the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team that won its first-ever gold medal at the [1960 Winter Olympics](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_1960_Winter_Olympics), and his nephew [Dave Christian](/source/Dave_Christian) was on the U.S. Olympic Team that won its second gold at the [1980 Winter Olympics](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_1980_Winter_Olympics). Christian's grandnephew [Brock Nelson](/source/Brock_Nelson) similarly was on the U.S. Olympic Team that won its third gold at the [2026 Winter Olympics](/source/Ice_hockey_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>

==See also==
*[List of Olympic medalist families](/source/List_of_Olympic_medalist_families)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{icehockeystats}}

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Category:1927 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:American men's ice hockey players
Category:Ice hockey players from Minnesota
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Category:North Dakota Fighting Hawks men's ice hockey players
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey
Category:Sportspeople from Warroad, Minnesota
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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