Ralph Warburton is a retired American ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 right wing

Winger (ice hockey)

Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...

, and was a member of the United States national team at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics

In Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics, Team Canada returned to its dominance, winning their fourth Gold Medal out of the first five Olympic Games.-Rival United States teams:...

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College career

Warburton played right wing for Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...

, he became part of a powerhouse line for Dartmouth with eventual Olympic teammates, Bruce Mather

Bruce Mather (ice hockey)

Bruce Mather was an American ice hockey player. He was born in Belmont, Massachusetts. Mather was a member of the American 1948 Winter Olympics ice hockey team. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998.-Early years:Mather’s career started in Belmont where he played for...

 at center

Centre (ice hockey)

The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...

 and Bruce Cunliffe on left wing. This line not only led Dartmouth in scoring for two seasons, but helped Dartmouth achieve a remarkable 46 game unbeaten streak (45-0-1) from 1941–42 to 1944–45. Warburton set a career high for points in a single game on January 20, 1945, as he registered 7 points against Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

, with five goals and two assists. For the 1946–47 season Warburton was named be co-captain of the team. During this season he added two more four-goal performances against Army

United States Military Academy

The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...

 and Boston College

Boston College

Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...

. The two high scoring games came in close succession, with the first occurring on February 8, 1946 and the second coming just three days later on February 11, 1946. Dartmouth ended the 1946–47 season as the number one ranked team in the nation. The number one ranking was more significant at the time, since it was prior to the advent of NCAA hockey championships.

1948 Olympics

In 1948 Warburton headed to St. Moritz, Switzerland to take part in the Olympic Games

1948 Winter Olympics

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936...

 with his fellow line mates. Unfortunately due to a conflict over what truly constituted an amateur athlete, two United States teams were sent. It was a situation that nearly caused the cancellation of the entire ice hockey tournament at the 1948 Olympics. Eventually a compromise was made and Warburton's squad was allowed to compete, but were ineligible for medal contention.

Later career

Warburton continued to play hockey after the Olympics first with the Milwaukee Clarks

Milwaukee Clarks

The Milwaukee Clarks were a professional ice hockey team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They were a member of the International Hockey League in 1948–1949 and the Eastern Amateur Hockey League in 1949–1950....

 and later was reunited with Bruce Mather on the Boston Olympics

Boston Olympics

The Boston Olympics are a defunct farm team for the Boston Bruins. They began play during the 1940–41 Eastern Amateur Hockey League season. The Olympics were often referred to by the shortened name the ‘Pics and the franchise remained active until the 1951–52 season.- Franchise History :Founded by...

. Warburton's best post-college year came during the 1950–51 season while playing for the Olympics in the Eastern Hockey League

Eastern Hockey League

-Eastern Amateur Hockey League :The league was founded in 1933 as the Eastern Amateur Hockey League . The league was founded by Thomas Lockhart, who served as its commissioner from 1933 to 1972...

. In that year Warburton finished in the top ten in all three major offensive statistical categories. He ranked second in goals (33), tenth in assists (30), and sixth in points (63).

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...	Team	League		GP	G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...	A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...	Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...	PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1943–1947	Dartmouth College Dartmouth College Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...	NCAA		Statistics unavailable
1948	U.S. National Team	Oly Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics In Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics, Team Canada returned to its dominance, winning their fourth Gold Medal out of the first five Olympic Games.-Rival United States teams:...		8	16	5	21	6	N/A
1948–49	Milwaukee Clarks Milwaukee Clarks The Milwaukee Clarks were a professional ice hockey team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They were a member of the International Hockey League in 1948–1949 and the Eastern Amateur Hockey League in 1949–1950....	IHL		32	28	13	41	38	—	—	—	—	—
1949–50	Milwaukee Clarks Milwaukee Clarks The Milwaukee Clarks were a professional ice hockey team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They were a member of the International Hockey League in 1948–1949 and the Eastern Amateur Hockey League in 1949–1950....	EHL Eastern Hockey League -Eastern Amateur Hockey League :The league was founded in 1933 as the Eastern Amateur Hockey League . The league was founded by Thomas Lockhart, who served as its commissioner from 1933 to 1972...		51	20	28	48	24	14	4	7	11	8
1950–51	Boston Olympics Boston Olympics The Boston Olympics are a defunct farm team for the Boston Bruins. They began play during the 1940–41 Eastern Amateur Hockey League season. The Olympics were often referred to by the shortened name the ‘Pics and the franchise remained active until the 1951–52 season.- Franchise History :Founded by...	EHL		54	33	30	63	24	6	4	0	4	6
1954–55	Worcester Warriors	EHL		Statistics unavailable
EHL totals				137	81	71	152	86	20	8	7	15	14

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