Hockeytown USA™ history continues with some history on Gordon (Ginny) Christian.

Ginny was born in Warroad November 21, 1927, and he graduated from Warroad High School in 1947. He played college hockey at the University of North Dakota from 1947-1950. He played on two national teams for the U.S. The first being in 1955 playing in locations such as Dusseldorf, Krefeld & Cologne, Germany and then with his 2 brothers Roger and Bill in 1958 in Oslo, Norway and Russia. In 1958 the City of Warroad took up a collection to send Gordon’s dad, Ed, to Oslo, Norway, so he would be able to watch his sons play there.

Ginny was on the silver medal Olympic U.S. Hockey team in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy in 1956 and was listed as one of the top 10 leading scorers for the Olympic tournament.

He was part of the National Guard, and was called up for the Korean War in 1951.

Ginny is a member of the UND Athletic Hall of Fame, Warroad Athletic Hall of Fame, and the Minnesota Olympic Wall of Fame. He is also listed in the “Legends” area at the UND arena with his bio and picture on the wall there.