After prepping at Philips Exeter in New Hampshire, and spending some time in the Coast Guard, Don Whiston went to Brown, playing varsity baseball and hockey, and is undoubtedly the greatest goalie the Brown hockey team has ever had. In fact, his college career goals against average of 1.6 per game is among the lowest in college history. In 1951, he led his school to the NCAA finals, where they lost to Michigan; however, Whiston was voted the tournament’s MVP for his performance.
After his Olympic appearance in 1952, Don Whiston returned to Boston where he went into banking and brokerage. He was President of The First National Bank of Ipswich, was a Vice President of State Street Bank of Boston, and served as President of the Massachusetts Bankers Association for one term. Whiston also found time in the early 1960s to coach hockey at Brown for three years. He was inducted into the Brown University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1971 and the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012.
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