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EditEdward Bruno "Whitey" Prokop - Born June 17, 1920 in Hamilton, Ontario - Died April 18, 2000 in Cleveland, Ohio was a Canadian/American ice Hockey right winger and referee.
- Boardwalk Challenge Trophy / Atlantic City Boardwalk Trophy Champion 1941 with Atlantic City Sea Gulls.
- Calder Cup Champion 1945 with Cleveland Barons.
Calder Cup finalist 1944, 1946.
Prokop played his junior Hockey with Owen Sound Greys Jr B team.
Prokop joined the Atlantic City Sea Gulls, playing with them for 1 season, helping them with the Eastern Amateur Hockey League championship in 1941.
Prokop would then play most of his career in the American Hockey League / AHL with Minneapolis Millers, Cleveland Barons, Philadelphia Rockets, Providence Reds, Springfield Indians and New Haven Eagles. He won the Calder Cup championship in 1945.
After retiring as a player, Prokop would referee some AHL games and was also the official scorer at the Cleveland Arena.
Ed "Whitey" Prokop was inducted into the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame in 1976.
