Kurt Ucko

Kurt Ucko was born in Germany to American parents, and grew up in Germany. He began playing hockey (field) in 1932 and qualified for the 1952 Olympic team, but did not go to Helsinki. Ucko played for the New York Field Hockey Club in 1956. At the time of the 1956 Olympics he was working as a salesman, but he later established his own company, Ucko Machine Tools, Inc. He also later founded the North Jersey Men’s Field Hockey Club. Ucko played alongside his brother, Felix Ucko, at the 1956 Olympics.