George McNeil (ice hockey)
Appearance
George McNeil | |||
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Born |
Nova Scotia, CAN | July 26, 1914||
Died |
December 24, 1997 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | (aged 83)||
Position | Defence / Right Wing | ||
Played for |
Richmond Hawks Brighton Tigers Earls Court Rangers Dundee Tigers | ||
Playing career | c. 1936–1940 |
George McNeil (July 26, 1914 – December 24, 1997) was an ice hockey player and coach.
He played for the Richmond Hawks, Brighton Tigers and Earls Court Rangers in the English National League and for the Dundee Tigers in the Scottish National League prior to the Second World War.
He may be best remembered as a coach for the Tigers between 1946 and 1949 and for the Falkirk Lions between 1949 and 1954 when he retired. He was inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1956.[1]
References
- ^ "George McNeil". British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1997 deaths
- Brighton Tigers players
- British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Canadian people of Scottish descent
- Earls Court Rangers players
- Ice hockey people from Nova Scotia
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1910s births stubs