John ''Jack'' Kirrane Jr., the captain of the U.S. hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics, has died. The Brookline, Massachusetts, native died Sunday at a Quincy care facility of complications of Alzheimer's disease, said his son, John P. Kirrane. At the 1960 Squaw Valley Games, the 31-year-old defenseman led a squad of mostly college players to upsets of Canada and the Soviet Union before beating Czechoslovakia for the gold. More...