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"...Lawrence N. Larsen was involved with the Winthrop Little League and
youth hockey program for more than 30 years. He was a director and cofounder of
the hockey program, and before the town built a skating rink, he provided a
place to ice skate by flooding the town tennis courts.
...He was born in Somerville, and graduated in 1934 from Somerville High School,
where he was captain of the hockey team. He graduated from Massachusetts
Maritime Academy with an engineering degree in 1937. During World War II, Mr.
Larsen served with the Navy aboard the USS Swanee, which sustained heavy damage
by a kamikaze attack that killed more than 200 of his shipmates. The survivors
of the attack were given the Presidential Unit Citation. Mr. Larsen received a
total of eight star citations for his service in the Pacific..." |
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"Michael Eruzione was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts in 1954. Mr. Eruzione is
best known as the captain of the 1980 Winter Olympics United States national
team that defeated the Soviet Union in the famous "Miracle on Ice" game, in
which he scored the game-winning goal."
Location: Corner of Pauline and Larsen streets
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