Corey Engen, 90; Led U.S. Nordic Ski Team in 1948 Olympics

Corey Engen, 90, who was captain of the U.S. Nordic ski team at the 1948 Winter Olympics and, with his brothers, helped popularize skiing in Idaho and Utah, died from complications of pneumonia Tuesday at a nursing home in Provo, Utah.

A ski jumper and cross-country skier in Norway, Engen followed his two older brothers, Alf and Sverre, from Norway to Utah in the early 1930s.

Engen taught skiing during the early years of the Sun Valley Resort in Ketchum, Idaho. In 1961, he helped develop and manage Brundage Mountain Ski Area in McCall, Idaho. He also taught skiing at Snowbasin near Ogden, Utah, where he coached the Weber State University ski team.

Engen, who did not win any Olympic medals but collected 22 gold medals in national competitions, was inducted into the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame in 1973.