Elwood Godfrey

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameElwood Watson•Godfrey
Used nameElwood•Godfrey
Born17 July 1910 in Ambler, Pennsylvania (USA)
Died10 June 1990 in Vero Beach, Florida (USA)
AffiliationsPhiladelphia Cricket Club
NOC United States

Biography

Elwood Godfrey played hockey for the US at the 1948 London Olympics. He represented the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Graduating from Princeton in 1933 and Penn Medical School in 1937, Godfrey did his residency in radiology at Penn, finishing in 1943. He served in the Navy Medical Corps in the South Pacific in World War II, leaving the Navy as a commander in 1946. Godfrey practiced initially in Hartford, Connecticut but later moved to Princeton, New Jersey.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Hockey USA Elwood Godfrey
Hockey, Men (Olympic) United States =10