[1] He was the son of an immigrant father who had worked in an open-pit ore mine since he was a young man, and had become a superintendent for U.S.
[2] Grant learned to skate on an ice rink that his father made by flooding a small grassy area near their home.
Grant played most of the game in the finals against Thief River Falls and scored the game-tying and game-winning goals within a span of 61 seconds in the third period.
"[2] Eveleth, Minnesota, a city of fewer than 5,000 residents in Minnesota's Iron Range, is the site of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame and has produced a string of college, Olympic and professional hockey stars, including Frank Brimsek, John Matchefts, John Mayasich, Willard Ikola, Sam LoPresti, Wally Grant, Oscar Almquist, Serge Gambucci, Mike Karakas, John Mariucci, Mark Pavelich, and Connie Pleban.
[3] After graduating from high school, Grant enrolled in at the University of Michigan, where he played four seasons of hockey between 1945 and 1950.
Grant played on Michigan's famous "G" line, which included Wally Gacek and Ted Greer.
"[1] Grant graduated from Michigan with a business degree in 1950 and worked for 37 years for General Motors, retiring in 1987 as comptroller of the Warren Division of Hydra-Matic.