Charles Adams (entrepreneur)

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Charles Francis Adams (born October 18, 1876 in Newport , Vermont , † October 2, 1947 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American entrepreneur , the first owner of the Boston Bruins , an American ice hockey franchise and owner of First National Stores , one of the largest food markets in the United States .

The entrepreneur Adams was in the 1920s, crucial in the growth of ice hockey in Boston involved, when the National Hockey League in the expansion was. After watching the final series of the Stanley Cup in Montreal in 1924 , he began to develop a keen interest in professional ice hockey. Adams had a desire to purchase an NHL franchise . Impressed by Adam's commitment, he managed to win NHL President Frank Calder on his side and enable him to purchase a franchise. In the summer of 1924, the acquisition of the Boston Bruins , then the first NHL franchise from the United States, was approved. As the first head coach he used Art Ross and during Adams' presidency, the Bruins won their first Stanley Cup in 1929. Adams not only played a major role in ice hockey, as he also promoted regional baseball - as the owner of the Boston Braves - and horse racing.

By acquiring the Western Canada Hockey League for around 300,000 US dollars, Adams was able to further strengthen the Bruins team and, among others , to guide Eddie Shore , Harry Oliver and Duke Keats to Boston. Adams also granted $ 500,000 to build the Boston Garden .

The National Hockey League honored his special commitment and that of his heirs, Weston Adams and Weston Adams junior , in 1974 when one of the new divisions was named after this first ice hockey family. In 1960 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

literature

  • Stan Fischler, Shirley Fischler: Who's Who in Hockey. Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, United States 2003, ISBN 0740719041 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Charles Adams dies in Boston In: Ottawa Citizen of October 2, 1947 (English, accessed from Google News on October 6, 2014).
personal data
SURNAME Adams, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adams, Charles Francis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur, owner of the Boston Bruins
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Newport , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1947
Place of death Boston , Massachusetts