Bill Army
William Army is an American retired ice hockey center who was an [List of Division I AHCA List of Division I AHCA All-American Teams|All-American Teams|All-American] for Boston College.
Career
Army began attending Boston College in the fall of 1976 after having been recruited for the ice hockey team by Len Ceglarski. After a pedestrian freshman season, Army more than doubled his point production as a sophomore and finished second on the team with 60 points. He helped lead the team to a surprising conference championship and their first NCAA title game in thirteen years. While the Eagles were unsuccessful in their championship bid, Army had firmly established himself as a star for BC. In 1979 he was invited to try out for the national team in the run up to the 1980 Winter Olympics, along with teammate Joe Mullen. His scoring declined sharply after 1978 but he remained a major part of the Boston College offense and led the team in scoring as a senior. He was named as an All-American despite finishing more than 50 points behind the nation's leader.After graduating, Army embarked on a short professional career before retiring after the 1982 season. He was inducted into the Boston College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986. Bill was enshrined in the RI Hockey Hall of Fame in 2025, joining his grandfather, George, and younger brother, Tim, as inductees, and his father, Tom, recipient of the Malcolm Greene Chace Memorial Trophy for "Lifetime Achievement of a Rhode Islander to the Game of Hockey".