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Murray Costello
Canadian ice hockey player and administrator (1934–2024) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James Murray Costello OC (February 24, 1934 – July 27, 2024) was a Canadian ice hockey player, executive, and administrator. He played four seasons in the National Hockey League and was the younger brother of Les Costello. He was a lawyer by trade and president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) from 1979 to 1994. After facilitating the CAHA merger with Hockey Canada, he continued as president until 1998. He helped establish the program of excellence for the Canada men's national junior ice hockey team; and oversaw the foundation of the Canada women's national ice hockey team, and the inaugural 1990 IIHF Women's World Championship. In addition to his work on Canadian national hockey, he spent 15 seasons as an executive in the Western Hockey League, and another 14 years as an International Ice Hockey Federation council member. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, the IIHF Hall of Fame, the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame, and the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, was an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a recipient of the Order of Hockey in Canada.
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![]() Costello at the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1934-02-24)February 24, 1934 South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | July 27, 2024(2024-07-27) (aged 90) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Assumption University, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Ice hockey executive Lawyer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 1959–2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Family | Les Costello | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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