Taffy Abel
Ice hockey player from the United States (1900-1964) · United States · On the map · Athletes · Died at 64
Clarence John "Taffy" Abel was an American professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks between 1926 and 1934.
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Born in 1900 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, United States, as a Native American Ojibwe, he was forced to hide his Native American ancestry until 1939. He was a silver medalist in ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics and the U.S. flagbearer for those games, making him the first Native American to play, and to win a medal, in the Winter Olympics. He was a member of two Stanley Cup championship teams. On November 16, 1926, he became the first United States-born Native American player to become an NHL regular, with the New York Rangers. He is a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.
