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Clarence ‘Taffy’ Abel: A pioneering US Olympic hockey star who hid his Indigenous identity to play in the NHL

  • Written by Michael J. Socolow, Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
Clarence ‘Taffy’ Abel: A pioneering US Olympic hockey star who hid his Indigenous identity to play in the NHLTaffy Abel, of the U.S. ice hockey team that competed in Chamonix, France, in 1924, was the first U.S. flag bearer at a winter Olympics.The Jones Family Collection

On Dec. 26, 1926, 16,000 hockey fans packed Madison Square Garden to witness the birth of a rivalry between the New York Americans and the brand-new New York Rangers. The game would...

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