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The Forgotten Miracle

The Forgotten Miracle

1960 USA Hockey legend Bill Cleary rejected his NHL offers to play in two Olympic Games. He tells us about that decision, his friendship with the Soviets and more.

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Gillian Kemmerer
Feb 07, 2021
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USA Hockey’s 1960 Miracle team in Squaw Valley, California. Source: The Olympians

In the Roman Catholic Church, you only need to commit two miracles to be canonized into sainthood. One miracle, and you’re “blessed.” Two, and my Italian mother is burying a statue of you upside-down in the yard to sell the house.

We all revere 1980 as the great Miracle On …

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