Frank Synott
American ice hockey player (1890-1945)
Francis Allen "Red" Synott (December 28, 1890 – October 12, 1945) was a Canadian-born American ice hockey star of the early 1920s, playing on the first two United States hockey teams, and winning silver medals with them in 1920 and 1924. Besides the Olympics, he won a world championship with the U.S. in 1920.
Synott also played for Boston A.A. for a brief period (1919–1920).
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