Peter Bessone
| Peter Bessone | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
January 13, 1913 New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Died |
December 5, 1989 (aged 76) Irvine, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defense | ||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
Young-Sprinters Hockey Club HC Milan Inter Racing Club de France Rapides de Paris Detroit Red Wings Stade Français | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1931–1950 | ||||||||||||||||
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Peter Angelo Bessone (January 13, 1913 — December 5, 1989) was an American ice hockey player and coach. Bessone played 6 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1937–38 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1931 to 1952, was mainly spent in the American Hockey League, though he also spent time in the French, Swiss, and Italian national leagues. Internationally Bessone played for the American national team at the 1934 World Championships, where he won a silver medal. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1978.