Dan McKinnon

In addition to his role on the 1956 Olympic team, Dan McKinnon also represented the United States at the 1955 and 1958 World’s Championships. McKinnon starred in high school for the Warroad Warriors, one of the best known high school teams in hockey-mad Minnesota. He played collegiate hockey at the University of North Dakota, which he attended from 1947 through 1950, making second-team All-American as a defenseman in 1950. McKinnon was inducted into the UND Sports Hall of Fame in 1982. He also played semi-pro hockey with the Warroad Lakers. His hockey career ended in 1958 when he blew off part of one hand when a rifle went off by accident while he was deer hunting.