Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame inductees who served in the military
Inductee list courtesy of the Hockey Hall of Fame "Hockey Marching as to War" exhibit. Military records information are available at Library and Archives Canada.
Inductees who served in the military during the First World War
Name | Year of Birth - Year of Death |
Hometown | First World War Military Service Information | Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Year and Bio |
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James Thomas Sutherland | 1870-1955 | Kingston, ON |
Captain (No regimental number) Enlisted March 1916 |
1945 |
Clarence Francis "Frank" McGee | 1882-1916 | Ottawa, ON |
Lieutenant (No regimental number) Enlisted November 1914 |
1945 |
Allan McLean "Scotty" Davidson | 1891-1916 | Kingston, ON |
Regimental number 8088 Enlisted September 1914 |
1950 |
George Taylor Richardson | 1886-1916 | Kingston, ON |
Captain (No file available) Enlisted August 1914 |
1950 |
Henry Judah "Flip" Trihey | 1877-1942 | Montreal, QC |
L. Colonel (No regimental number) Enlisted February 1916 |
1950 |
William Osser Xavier "Bill" Cook | 1896-1986 | Brantford, ON |
Regimental number 304579 Enlisted December 1915 |
1952 |
Alexander "The Ottawa Fireman" Connell | 1899-1958 | Ottawa, ON |
Regimental number 2774053 Enlisted October 1918 |
1958 |
Mervyn Norman Alexander "Red" Dutton | 1898-1987 | Russell, MB |
Regimental number 22 Enlisted May 1915 |
1958 |
Frank Corbett "The Flash" Foyston | 1891-1966 | Minesing, ON |
Regimental number 2022458 Enlisted April 1918 |
1958 |
Sigurdur Frank Fredrickson | 1895-1979 | Winnipeg, MB |
Regimental number 910060 Enlisted March 1916 |
1958 |
Herbert Martin Gardiner | 1891-1972 | Winnipeg, MB |
Lieutenant (No regimental number) Enlisted January 1915 |
1958 |
William George "The Western Wizard" Hay | 1897-1975 | Listowel, ON |
Regimental number 700677 Enlisted January 1916 |
1958 |
James Dickinson "Dick" Irvin | 1892-1957 | Hamilton, ON |
Regimental number 2382215 Enlisted November 1917 |
1958 |
Ivan Wilfred "Ching" Johnson | 1897-1979 | Winnipeg, MB |
Regimental number 311977 Enlisted January 1916 |
1958 |
Gordon Blanchard "Iron Duke" Keats | 1895-1972 | Montreal, QC |
Regimental number 1006664 Enlisted June 1916 |
1958 |
George Andrew McNamara | 1897-1952 | Penetanguishene, ON | Major (No regimental number) Enlisted October 1916 |
1958 |
Allan Wilfred Pickard | 1898-1975 | Exeter, ON | Regimental number 276949 Enlisted June 1918 |
1958 |
Conn Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe | 1895-1980 | Toronto, ON |
Lieutenant (No regimental number) Enlisted October 1915 |
1958 |
John James "Jack" Adams | 1894-1968 | Fort William, ON |
Regimental number 3132291 Enlisted October 1917 |
1959 |
John George "Buck" Boucher | 1895-1960 | Ottawa, ON |
Regimental number 2043124 Enlisted October 1916 |
1960 |
Frank Joseph Aloysius Selke | 1893-1985 | Berlin, ON |
Regimental number 751550 Enlisted March 1916 |
1960 |
Percy St Helier Percivale LeSueur | 1881-1962 | Québec, QC |
Regimental number 799856 Enlisted February 1916 |
1961 |
Frank Gilchrist Rankin | 1890-1932 | Stratford, ON |
Regimental number 3042205 Enlisted October 1917 |
1961 |
James Cooper Smeaton | 1890-1978 | Carleton Place, ON |
Regimental number 2085413 Enlisted May 1917 |
1961 |
Thomas Franklin Ahearn | 1886-1962 | Ottawa, ON |
Lieutenant (No regimental number) Enlisted March 1915 |
1962 |
Harry Lawton Harold "Punch" Broadbent | 1892-1971 | Ottawa, ON |
Regimental number 89198 Enlisted July 1915 |
1962 |
Hamilton Livingston "Billy" Gilmour | 1885-1959 | Ottawa, ON |
Lieutenant (No regimental number) Enlisted May 1915 |
1962 |
Wilfred Thomas "Shorty" Green | 1896-1960 | Sudbury, ON |
Regimental number 1006023 Enlisted April 1916 |
1962 |
Edward Reginald "Reg" Noble | 1896-1962 | Collingwood, ON |
Regimental number 862219 Enlisted February 1916 |
1962 |
John Douglas "Jack" Ruttan | 1889-1973 | Winnipeg, MB |
Captain (No regimental number) Enlisted February 1915 |
1962 |
Harold Edward Joseph "Bullet Joe" Simpson | 1893-1973 | Selkirk, MB |
Regimental number 460854 Enlisted August 1915 |
1962 |
Harold Ellis "Moose" Watson | 1898-1957 | St. John's, NL | No Canadian military records, served with the Royal Flying Corps |
1962 |
Gordon Allan "Phat" Wilson | 1895-1970 | Port Arthur, ON | No military official records found | 1962 |
James Archibald "Jimmy" Dunn | 1898-1979 | Winnipeg, MB |
Regimental number 874238 Enlisted February 1916 |
1968 |
Cecil Henry "Babe" Dye | 1898-1979 | Hamilton, ON |
Regimental number 340625 Enlisted May 1918 |
1970 |
Inductees who served in the military during the Second World War
Inductee list courtesy of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Please note that the military service records for most Canadians who served in the Second World War are not available to the public yet, due to privacy guidelines.
Name | Year of Birth – Year of Death |
Hometown | Second World War Military Service | Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Year and Bio |
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Cecil Ralph "Tiny" Thompson | 1903-1981 | Sandon, BC | Royal Canadian Air Force | 1959 |
Charles Joseph Sylvanus "Syl" Apps | 1915-1998 | Paris, ON | Canadian Army | 1961 |
Milton Conrad "Milt" Schmidt | 1918- | Kitchener, ON | Royal Canadian Air Force | 1961 |
Clarence Henry "Hap" "Happy" Day | 1901-1990 | Owen Sound, ON | 1961 | |
John Sherratt "Black Jack" Stewart | 1917-1983 | Pilot Mound, MB | Royal Canadian Air Force | 1964 |
Maxwell Herbert Lloyd "Max" Bentley | 1920-1984 | Delisle, SK | Canadian Infantry Corps | 1966 |
Kenneth Joseph "Ken" Reardon | 1921-2008 | Winnipeg, MB | Canadian Army | 1966 |
Walter Edward "Turk" Broda | 1914-1972 | Brandon, MB | Canadian Army | 1967 |
Neil McNeil Colville | 1914-1987 | Edmonton, AB | Canadian Army | 1967 |
Sidney Gerald "Sid" Abel | 1918-2000 | Melville, SK | Royal Canadian Air Force | 1969 |
Douglas Norman "Doug" Harvey | 1924-1989 | Montréal, QC | Royal Canadian Navy | 1973 |
Claude Earl "Charlie" "Chuck" Rayner | 1920-2002 | Sutherland, SK | Royal Canadian Navy | 1973 |
Arthur Edmund "Art" Coulter | 1909-2000 | Winnipeg, MB | United States Coast Guard | 1974 |
Thomas Nathaniel "Tommy" Ivan | 1911-1999 | Toronto, ON | Canadian Army | 1974 |
Gordon Arthur "Gordie" Drillon | 1913-1986 | Moncton, NB | Royal Canadian Air Force | 1975 |
John William "Johnny" Bower | 1924- | Prince Albert, SK | Canadian Army | 1976 |
Joseph Lynn Patrick | 1912-1980 | Victoria, BC | United States Military | 1980 |
George "Punch" Imlach | 1918-1987 | Toronto, ON | Canadian Army | 1984 |
John Calverley "Jake" Milford | 1914-1984 | Charlottetown, PE | Royal Canadian Air Force | 1984 |
Norman R. "Bud" Poile | 1924-2005 | Fort William, ON | Royal Canadian Air Force | 1990 |
Woodrow Wilson Clarence "Woody" Dumart | 1916-2001 | Kitchener, ON | Royal Canadian Air Force | 1992 |
Frank Sydney Mathers | 1924-2005 | Winnipeg, MB | Royal Canadian Air Force | 1992 |
Harold Percival "Whipper" Watson | 1923-2002 | Saskatoon, SK | Royal Canadian Air Force | 1994 |
Robert Theodore "Bobby" Bauer | 1915-1964 | Waterloo, ON | Royal Canadian Air Force | 1996 |
Roy Gordon Conacher | 1916-1984 | Toronto, ON | Royal Canadian Air Force | 1998 |
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