James McGee (ice hockey player)

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James "Jim" Aloysius McGee (born May 16, 1879 in Ottawa , Ontario ; † May 14, 1904 ibid) was a Canadian athlete who was best known as a Canadian football and ice hockey player. With the Ottawa Hockey Club he won the Stanley Cup in 1904 . He died in 1904 as a result of a riding accident.

family

James McGee comes from an influential family. His father was John Joseph McGee , who was Clerk of the Privy Council from 1882 to 1907, making it the highest civil servant in Canada. John Joseph McGee immigrated to Canada from Ireland in 1863 , following the wishes of his half-brother Thomas D'Arcy McGee , who in turn is considered one of the fathers of the Confederation . John Joseph McGee married Elizabeth Crotty, with whom he had six sons and three daughters. One of James' five brothers, Frank McGee , won the Stanley Cup with James and is considered one of the best ice hockey players of his time.

Life

James McGee attended the University of Ottawa and the Jesuit Loyola College (now Concordia University ) in Montréal . After college , he worked for the Canada Atlantic Railway before joining the Geological Survey of Canada a few months before his death .

McGee has been considered an outstanding athlete since his college days, in which he won the championship several times with the Ottawa College Rugby Fifteen . He then played for the Ottawa Football Club (known as Ottawa Rough Riders ) Canadian Football and led the team as captain . In addition, McGee was active (together with his brother Frank ) for the Ottawa Hockey Club and won the Stanley Cup with the team in the 1903/1904 season . James McGee played on the defender position . He also rowed in the Ottawa Rowing Club .

Shortly after winning the Stanley Cup, on May 9, 1904, McGee fell from his horse while riding. He spent five days in a hospital in Ottawa, where his delirium did not improve, and finally died on May 14, 1904. Numerous celebrities attended his funeral, including Wilfrid Laurier , Prime Minister of Canada and Charles Fitzpatrick , Justice of the Colonel Court of Justice.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ en.mcgeesinn.ca: "History of McGee's Inn" (accessed on December 23, 2014)
  2. ↑ a b c d "Yes. M'Gee dead ”. In: Ottawa Citizen , May 16, 1904, p. 4 (edition available at news.google.com ; accessed December 29, 2014)
  3. ↑ a b c "Il succombe a ses blessures - M James McGee meurt d'une chûte de cheval". In: Le Temps Ottawa, May 16, 1904, p. 6 (edition available at news.google.com ; accessed December 29, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME McGee, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McGee, James Aloysius (full name); McGee, Jim (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey and Canadian football player
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1904
Place of death Ottawa , Ontario , Canada