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Thomas Syme
Born May 15, 1928(1928-05-15),
Blairhall, Fife, Scotland, GBR
Died August 22, 2011(2011-08-22) (aged 83),
Palmdale, CA, USA
Height
Weight
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defender
Pro clubs Dunfermline Vikings
Paisley Pirates
Playing career 1946–1954

Thomas Woods "Tuck" Syme (May 15, 1928 – August 22, 2011) was a British ice hockey player. He played for the Dunfermline Vikings and Paisley Pirates during the 1940s and 1950s. He also played for the Great Britain national ice hockey team at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1950 Ice Hockey World Championships. After retiring from ice hockey he emigrated to Canada before settling in the United States in 1960. He was inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.

He was the younger brother of fellow British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame member, James "Tiny" Syme. He died 22 August 2011 of kidney failure.

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