He played his freshman year at Boston College as a member of the hockey team, but the program was dropped before his sophomore season.
[2] He then briefly played in the Northeastern League before retired to teach in the Cambridge school system.
He was also an official for high school and college football, baseball, and hockey games In 1941, Temple was named boys' basketball coach at Rindge Tech in Cambridge.
[4] He was named hockey coach at Boston College High School in 1945 and led the team to its first league title in 1951.
[5][6] In 1950, Temple was named the successor to Freddie Maguire who left to take a scouting job with the Boston Red Sox.