camp for the US National team for the upcoming Winter Olympics and felt that he had a good chance to make the squad. He went to his manager at IBM and requested a 6-month leave to participate but, having worked at the company for only 3 months, Wheeler was denied and his Olympic hopes ended. The missed opportunity remained one of Wheeler's biggest regrets. Wheeler was inducted into the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame in 1971 and the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007. Later in life, Wheeler became an outstanding golfer under the tutelage of William “Wild Bill” Ezinicki and went on to win the club championship at New Seabury Country Club as well as the senior club championship at Essex County Club. Personal Wheeler moved to Hamilton in 1969, where he and his wife Diane raised their five children. His oldest son, Bob Jr., played college hockey at Harvard and also played on a team that made the championship game in 1983. Statistics Regular season and playoffs Awards and honors References External links 1931 births 2021 deaths Golfers from Massachusetts Ice hockey players from Massachusetts People from Hamilton, Massachusetts People from Wakefield, Massachusetts Sportspeople from Essex County, Massachusetts Sportspeople from Middlesex County, Massachusetts American ice hockey forwards Brown Bears men's ice hockey players Military personnel from Massachusetts United States Army soldiers United States Army personnel of the Korean War AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans