Jake McCoy

{{Short description|American ice hockey player (1942–2021)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Jake McCoy | image = | caption = | image_size = 230px | played_for = | ntl_team = USA | position = Defense | shoots = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = 181 | birth_date = {{birth date|1942|1|2}} | birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|02|05|1942|01|02}} | career_start = 1956 | career_end = 1964 }} '''Thomas James "Jake" McCoy''' (January 2, 1942 – February 5, 2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.startribune.com/former-gopher-1964-olympic-hockey-player-jake-mccoy-dies/600019654/|title=Former Gopher, 1964 Olympic hockey player Jake McCoy dies|first=Randy|last=Johnson|work=Star Tribune|date=5 February 2021|access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref> was an American ice hockey defenseman and Olympian.

== Career == McCoy played with Team USA at the 1964 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/jake-mccoy-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070910/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/jake-mccoy-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Jake McCoy Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}</ref> He later played one year for the Minnesota Nationals in the United States Hockey League before going on to a career as a high school teacher, during which he coached high school hockey teams including that of Richfield High School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.vintagemnhockey.com/page/show/1152949-2013-jake-mccoy|title=2013 Jake McCoy|website=Vintage Minnesota Hockey - History}}</ref>

== Death == He died one month and three days after his 79th birthday.

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