# Jake McCoy

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{{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](/source/Defenceman)
| shoots = 
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 181
| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|1|2}}
| birth_place = [Minneapolis](/source/Minneapolis), [Minnesota](/source/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](/source/Star_Tribune)|date=5 February 2021|access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref> was an American [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) defenseman and Olympian.

== Career ==
McCoy played with [Team USA](/source/United_States_men's_national_ice_hockey_team) at the [1964 Winter Olympics](/source/Ice_hockey_at_the_1964_Winter_Olympics) held in [Innsbruck](/source/Innsbruck), [Austria](/source/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](/source/Minnesota_Nationals) in the [United States Hockey League](/source/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](/source/Richfield_High_School_(Minnesota)).<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.

==References==
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Category:1942 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for the United States
Category:American men's ice hockey defensemen
Category:Ice hockey people from Minneapolis
Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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