Edgar Brenchley

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Edgar "Chirp" Brenchley (born February 12, 1910 in Sittingbourne , Kent , England , † 1975 in Hamilton , Ontario , Canada ) was a British ice hockey player and coach, who became Olympic champion in 1936 with his country.

Career

Edgar Brenchley emigrated as a child with his family to Niagara Falls , Ontario , Canada , where he started his career as a hockey player in the 1934/35 season with the Hershey B'ars of the Eastern Hockey League (EHL). He then returned to Great Britain , where he played from 1935 to 1937 for the Richmond Hawks and the Harringay Greyhounds in the English National League . After a two-year hiatus, Brenchley moved to the Atlantic City Seagulls from the EHL in 1939 , which he left after just one year. It was only after the end of World War II that the attacker was back on the ice in professional ice hockey. From 1945 to the end of his career in 1956, the Briton played for the Washington Lions , AC New York , Atlantic City Seagulls, Johnstown Jets and Philadelphia Ramblers in the EHL, as well as the Washington Lions in the American Hockey League , the New York Rovers in the Quebec Senior Hockey League and the Johnstown Jets in the International Hockey League .

After the end of his career as a player, Brenchley took over from 1955 to 1958 as a coach at his ex-club Philadelphia Ramblers from the Eastern Hockey League. He then worked from 1961 to 1963 and from 1964 to 1966 for one season each with the Sudbury Wolves from the Eastern Professional Hockey League , the Port Huron Flags from the International Hockey League and the St. Catharines Black Hawks from the Ontario Hockey Association.

Due to his services to British ice hockey, Brenchley was inducted into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993 as a member of the national team in 1936 . He had previously been inducted into the Niagara Falls Sports Wall of Fame in 1990.

International

For Great Britain Brenchley took part in the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the 1937 World Cup.

Achievements and Awards

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personal data
SURNAME Brenchley, Edgar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brenchley, Chirp (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Sittingbourne , UK
DATE OF DEATH 1975
Place of death Hamilton, Ontario , Canada