Waterloo Senior Hockey Club, 1899
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Group photograph of the Waterloo Senior Hockey Club, champions of the Senior Big 4 Hockey League of Ontario in 1899. Note hockey sticks, uniforms, padding and skates.
Seated in front, left to right; C.A. Liffiton, Forward; W. Hendry, Forward
Seated in second row; C. Koehler, Goal; Edward F. Seagram, Captain and Forward; H. Westwick, Forward
Standing, left to right; Louis Hueglin, Trainer; J. Forrester, Point; T. Robson, Cover Point; G.A. Bruce, Secretary.
Insignia on their sweaters reads "W H C". - Notes
- The Ontario Hockey Association was formed in 1890 to govern amateur ice hockey in Ontario. At first, the OHA had one league of senior men's hockey teams. This group included teams from Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto, and London. For the first three years, this group would play a series of elmination playoffs leading to a single-game final playoff. For the first three years the Ottawa Hockey Club was the champions, winners of the Cosby Cup. In 1894, the Ottawa team and the Association came to a disagreement over the venue of the finals, and Ottawa left the league. It is uncertain when Waterloo joined the league.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record article of October 31, 1975 states that Edward F. Seagram was Captain of the Waterloo intermediate OHA champions in 1899, but the club was disqualified for using a player considered a "pro" and the championship went to Listowel.
Charles Albert Liffiton (1878-1941), one of the "Little Men of Iron" who won the Stanley Cup in 1902 with the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, played with Waterloo for two seasons, 1897-1898 and 1898-1899. - Inscriptions
- Handwritten on reverse; "Louis Hueglin".
Information on Charles Liffiton provided by Thomas Liffiton and is attached to the photograph. - Date of Original
- 1899
- Date Of Event
- 1899
- Dimensions
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Width: 51 cm
Height: 41 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 35cm
Image Height: 26cm
- Subject(s)
- Ice hockey
Ice hockey players
Hockey clubs
Seagram, Edward F., Mayor
Hockey Sticks
Koehler, Carl
Bruce, George A.
Waterloo Senior Hockey Club (Waterloo, Ont.)
Senior Big Four Hockey League of Ontario
Ontario Hockey Association
Hockey Equipment
Westwick, H.
Hueglin, Louis
Forrester, J.
Robson, T.
Hendry, W.
Waterloo Hockey Club (Waterloo, Ont.)
Liffiton, Charles Albert - Local identifier
- U-5
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
Website:
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