Captain James T. Sutherland
Category: Builder Elected: 1947
 
Accomplishments:The founder of the International Hockey Hall of Fame in Kingston.
Capt. Sutherland established a trophy to honour those men who gave their lives during WWI. This award became the Memorial Cup, symbolizing Canadian junior hockey supremacy.
He was instrumental to the establishment of the annual exhibition match between RMC and West Point that began in 1923.
Elected to Hall of Fame: 1947
 
     
 

biography

He is often referred to as the 'Father of Hockey'; he made his hometown of Kingston, Ontario a famous hockey center pre-WW1 years; he coached the Frontenac Juniors to several championships; he was a district representative of the OHA and ultimately ascended to the rank of president. After WW1, he became president of the CAHA; he was honoured as a life member of the OHA and the CAHA; elected in 1947; he died in 1955.

 

 

 

 


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