Keijo_Kuusela

Keijo Kuusela

Keijo Kuusela

Finnish ice hockey player (1921–1984)

Keijo Helmer Kuusela (6 January 1921 – 27 April 1984) was a Finnish professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga for Hämeenlinnan Tarmo. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985. He also competed in the men's field hockey tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]

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Kuusela served as a fighter pilot in World War II, flying Morane-Saulnier 406 fighter. He shot down one Soviet P-39 Airacobra fighter in his last aerial combat before colliding with another and parachuting and becoming prisoner of war 1944.

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    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Keijo Kuusela Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2019.


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