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Olympic artifacts from the estate of Canadian speed skater Frank Stack and his involvement as a coach at the Squaw Valley 1960 Winter Olympics, which include Stack’s bronze participation medal, his official participant diploma, and a souvenir pin. The items are as follows:
Participation medal issued for the Squaw Valley 1960 Winter Olympics. Bronze, 50 mm, 77 gm, by Herff Jones, Indiana. The front features the Squaw Valley logo with the Olympic rings encircled within raised text, “VIII Olympic Winter Games”; the reverse bears a hand raising an Olympic torch encircled by raised text, “Squaw Valley, California 1960.” Edge is engraved, “H. J. CO.”
Souvenir pin from the Squaw Valley 1960 Winter Olympics. Minted by the Mont Blanc Co., the silver-tone pin weighs 15 gm, measures 32 mm, and features an enamel design of two Native Americans skiing down a mountain slope above a legend with the colorful Olympic rings and text, “VIII Winter Olympics 1960.”
Official diploma from the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Olympics, 9.25 x 12.25, with images of the gold medal sides and bold text with Olympic rings: “VIII, Olympic Winter Games, Squaw Valley, California 1960, Diploma, Frank Stack, Speed Skating Coach, Canada.” In overall fine condition, with some edgewear and light stains to the diploma.
Frank Stack (1906–1987) was one of Canada’s most accomplished speed skaters, having competed in the 1932, 1948, and 1952 Olympics; he won the bronze medal at Lake Placid in the 10,000-meter event. He began skating at 13, became Western Canadian Junior Champion (1919–23) and Senior Champion (1924–29), and won North American Indoor titles in 1931, 1932, and 1938. After semi-retiring in 1954, he returned in 1966 at age 60 and earned five podiums at the Canadian Indoor Championships. Stack also coached, preparing Canada’s teams for the 1952 and 1960 Olympics. He was inducted into the Canadian Speed Skating Hall of Fame (1965), Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame (1974), and the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (1981). Stack Street in Winnipeg is named in his honor.
