Dickie Boon

Dickie Boon
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1952
Date of birth	January 10, 1878
place of birth	Belleville , Ontario , Canada
date of death	May 3, 1961
Place of death	Outremont , Quebec , Canada
size	163 cm
Weight	54 kg
position	defender
Career stations
1899-1903	Montréal AAA
1903-1906	Montreal Wanderers

Richard R. "Dickie" Boon (born January 10, 1878 in Belleville , Ontario , † May 3, 1961 in Outremont , Québec ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who worked for the Montreal AAA from the Canadian Amateur Hockey League at the beginning of the 20th century and the Montreal Wanderers from the Federal Amateur Hockey League played.

Career

While at the Montreal AAA, the forward won the AAA's only two Stanley Cups . The team was also the last amateur club to win the cup.

After joining the AAA, Boon co-founded Montreal Wanderers , the city's first professional ice hockey franchise . He led the Wanderers as manager in 1907, 1908 and 1910 to three victories in the Stanley Cup.

After his hockey days, Dickie Boon co-founded the Boon-Strachan Coal and devoted himself primarily to the sports of curling and golf . In 1952 he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Manager stations

• 1906–1916: Montreal Wanderers - FAHL

Web links

• Dickie Boon in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)