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{{short description|American field hockey player}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|field hockey]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]] | [[Field hockey at the 1932 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
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'''Leonard Francis "Mike" O'Brien''' (January 20, 1904 – March 30, 1939) was an American [[field hockey]] player who won the team bronze in the [[1932 Summer Olympics]], and was a player-manager during the [[1936 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Leonard O'Brien |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/20421 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Olympedia}}</ref> He went on to become an investment broker in Boston.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=May 6, 1939 |title=Ex-Williams Athlete's Body Found – Leonard F. O'Brien Was Native of North Adams |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkshire-eagle-obituary-for-leonard/151687359/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |work=The Berkshire Eagle |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Born in [[North Adams, Massachusetts]], he attended Drury High School where he was captain of the baseball team in 1920.<ref name=":1" /> After graduating, he went to [[Williams College]], where he continued to play baseball and was captain during his final season in 1925.<ref name=":1" /> He had missed an entire year of school due to [[typhoid fever]].<ref name=":0" />

== Athletic career ==
In 1932, O'Brien was a member of the United States men's field hockey team, which won the bronze medal.<ref name=":0" />

In 1934, he was appointed to the American Olympic committee, in recognition of the role he played as secretary and treasurer of the Field Hockey Association of America.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 19, 1934 |title=Former Residents on Olympic Board |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-north-adams-transcript-former-reside/151688233/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |work=The North Adams Transcript |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

In 1936, he was a member of the American field hockey team, which lost all three matches in the preliminary round and did not advance.<ref name=":0" />

== Personal life and death ==
O'Brien was in an automobile accident and was reported missing on March 30, 1939.<ref name=":1" /> His body was found in the [[Charles River]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] over a month later.<ref name=":1" />

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002701/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ob/leonard-obrien-1.html profile]

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[[Category:People from North Adams, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Berkshire County, Massachusetts]]
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