Keijo Kuusela, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Keijo Kuusela

Finnish ice hockey player

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1921

Place of Birth: Tampere, Finland

Date of Death: 27-Apr-1984

Profession: field hockey player, ice hockey player

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Keijo Helmer Kuusela (born January 6, 1921 in Tampere, Finland - d.
April 27, 1984) was a professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga.
He played for Hämeenlinnan Tarmo.
He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985.
He also competed in the men's field hockey tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.Kuusela served as a fighter pilot in World War Two, flying Morane-Saulnier 406 fighter.
He shot down one Soviet P-39 Airacobra fighter in his last aerial combat before colliding with another and parachuting and becoming prisoner of war 1944.