Alfred Winsor

Alfred Winsor
Alfred Winsor
	Alfred Winsor circa 1901–1902 with the ice hockey team of Harvard University.
Born	January 8, 1880; Brookline, Massachusetts
Died	September 12, 1961 (aged 81); Cataumet, Massachusetts
Position	Forward
Played for	Harvard University; Boston Hockey Club; Boston AA
Playing career	1900–1912

Alfred "Ralph" Winsor (January 8, 1880 – September 12, 1961) was an American ice hockey coach and amateur ice hockey player. Winsor coached ice hockey at Harvard University between 1903 and 1917.

Biography

Alfred Winsor was born in Brookline‚ Massachusetts on January 8, 1880 to Alfred Winsor, Sr. and Linda Kennard.^[1] Winsor attended Harvard University from where he graduated in 1902. Prior to that he had attended Noble and Greenough's School in Boston.

Winsor played ice hockey at Harvard, at the forward position, between 1900 and 1902 and was captain of the 1902 team that played in the intercollegiate league series against teams from Yale‚ Princeton, Brown and Columbia. Winsor led his team with 11 goals in six intercollegiate games in 1902 when Harvard finished in second place behind the team from Yale University.

In 1903, at an age of 23, Alfred Winsor took over the coaching duties of the Harvard University hockey team, and he became an instant success when the team won the 1903 intercollegiate series. Winsor became a mainstay as a coach for the Harvard team for 14 years, until 1917, and implemented a rigid defensive system that other teams felt a need to copy to match up against the crimson colored Harvard team.

Concurrently with his coaching career Winsor also continued to play amateur hockey, between 1903 and 1911 on the Boston Hockey Club and in 1912 with the Boston Athletic Association.

In 1932 Winsor coached the American hockey team at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid where the American team finished with silver medals.

Alfred Winsor died on September 12, 1961 in Cataumet, Massachusetts at an age of 81. In 1973 he was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Harvard Crimson (IHA) (1903–1911)
1903–04	Harvard	6–0–0	4–0–0	1st	IHA Champion
1904–05	Harvard	10–0–0	4–0–0	1st
1905–06	Harvard	5–0–1	4–0–0	1st
1906–07	Harvard	8–2–0	3–1–0	2nd
1907–08	Harvard	7–2–0	3–1–0	2nd
1908–09	Harvard	9–0–0	4–0–0	1st
1909–10	Harvard	6–2–0	4–1–0	2nd
1910–11	Harvard	8–2–0	4–1–0	2nd
Harvard:		59–8–1	30–4–0
Harvard Crimson (Independent) (1911–1912)
1911–12	Harvard	7–3–0
Harvard:		7–3–0
Harvard Crimson (IHL) (1912–1917)
1912–13	Harvard	9–2–0	4–1–0	1st
1913–14	Harvard	8–8–0	3–3–0	2nd
1914–15	Harvard	9–4–0	4–0–0	1st
1915–16	Harvard	8–2–0	6–0–0	1st
1916–17	Harvard	8–4–0	4–3–0	T–1st
Harvard:		42–20–0	21–7–0
Harvard Crimson (Triangular League) (1923–1924)
1923–24	Harvard	6–7–1	2–2–0	2nd
Harvard:		6–7–1	2–2–0
Total:		114–38–2
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

Society for International Hockey Research at sihrhockey.org

Notes

^ Harvard College Class of 1902 – Quindecennial Report – June, 1917 page 317

[1] Harvard College Class of 1902 – Quindecennial Report – June, 1917 page 317

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v t e Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey
Venues	Franklin Park (1897–1904) Harvard Stadium Rink (1904–1911) Boston Arena (1911–1917, 1921–1956) Pavilion Rink (1919–1921) Donald C. Watson Rink (1956–1978) Walter Brown Arena (1978–1979) Bright Hockey Center (1979–present)
Coaches	no coach (1897–1903, 1918–19) Alfred Winsor (1903–17, 1923–24) William Henry Claflin Jr. (1919–23) Edward Bigelow (1924–27) Joseph Stubbs (1927–38) Clark Hodder (1938–42) John Chase (1942–43, 1945–50) Cooney Weiland (1950–71) Bill Cleary (1971–90) Ronn Tomassoni (1990–99) Mark Mazzoleni (1999–2004) Ted Donato (2004– )
Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	Intercollegiate Hockey Association (1901–1911) Intercollegiate Hockey League (1912–1917) Triangular Hockey League (1919–1926) Pentagonal League (1933–1943, 1946–1955) ECAC Hockey (1961–Present)
Rivalries	Cornell Yale
Culture & lore	Beanpot Love Story
All-time leaders	Statistical leaders Scott Fusco (240 Points) Lane MacDonald (111 Goals) Grant Blair (72 Wins)
Retired numbers	Bill Cleary (4)
National championships	1989
Frozen Four appearances	1955 1957 1958 1969 1971 1974 1975 1983 1986 1987 1989 1994 2017
NCAA Tournament appearances	1955 1957 1958 1969 1971 1974 1975 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1993 1994 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2015 2016 2017 2023
Conference Tournament titles	ECAC Hockey: 1963 1971 1983 1987 1994 2002 2004 2006 2015 2017
Hobey Baker winners	Mark Fusco (1983) Scott Fusco (1986) Lane MacDonald (1989) Jimmy Vesey (2016)
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