Jeff Carlson
Jeff Carlson
Jeff Carlsonis a retired American ice hockey forward. Carlson is best known for his role in the movie Slap Shot as one of the Hanson Brothers. Carlson also played in the World Hockey Association with the Minnesota Fighting Saints. Carlson is now an electrician in Muskegon, Michigan...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth20 July 1953
CountryUnited States of America
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