MINNEAPOLIS — Medaling in any sport is a memory that will last a lifetime.
Just ask 96-year-old Arnie Oss from Minnesota who still remembers winning silver in the 1952 Winter Olympics in Norway.
"I remember the closing ceremonies and the King of Norway was there, in Oslo, and we got our silver medals," said Oss, who now lives in Arizona.
"For me, I brag about it all the time," said his daughter-in-law Luann Nystrom, who lives in Minnesota and called Oss on FaceTime from the KARE11 studios. "Hockey was his thing."
Oss learned to skate on Lake of the Isles and later played the sport at Dartmouth College where he was recruited for the Olympics.
"Back then, it was just him going with a few other guys from the U.S. and off they went," said Nystrom.
Half of his teammates were from Minnesota and Oss says now, he may be the only one left.
"It just takes a lot of dedication, a lot of hard work," said Oss, who remembers the final game against Canada back then.
"It was kind of an upset that we got the silver medal," said Oss. "We tied with Canada the last game of the Olympics three to three."
Oss was always an athlete who also played baseball and basketball. His father, Arnold Oss Sr., was also a standout star. He was one of the first all-around athletes at the University of Minnesota in the 1920s and is enshrined in the hall of fame.
Oss was also inducted into the Minneapolis Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019.
"Every once and awhile it’s fun to take that stuff out and let him look through the pictures and tell some more stories," said Nystrom.