- Percy Quinn
Percy J. Quinn (1878 – October 28, 1944) was an athlete, a successful businessman, sports promoter and politician in
Toronto ,Ontario ,Canada . He was the owner and manager of theToronto Blueshirts , winners of theStanley Cup in 1914. He was a member of the world champion Montreal Shamrocks lacrosse team in 1896.cite news |work=The Globe |title=Ex-Alderman Noted Athlete |date=October 30, 1944 |page=8] From 1927 until 1932 and 1937 until 1942 he served as alderman on Toronto City Council.Personal life
Born in
Montreal , Quinn played hockey and lacrosse as a youth. He joined Queen Insurance at the age of 14 and was transferred toWinnipeg in 1902. He became local manager of the renamed Royal Insurance office in Toronto in 1906, where he lived until his death in 1944, due to ill health after a heart attack in 1942. He married Louise Reeves. He had two brothers Fred and Raphael. He did not have any children.Ice hockey
Quinn was first involved in hockey as a coach and a referee in the early 1900s. When professional hockey was just beginning, Quinn was the manager of the first professional
ice hockey team in Toronto, theToronto Professional Hockey Club , which operated from 1906 until 1909. In 1911, he purchased a franchise in theNational Hockey Association (NHA) to play in the newArena Gardens of Toronto. The arena was not ready for the 1911–12 season, and the team began play in 1912–13. In only its second season, the Blueshirts would win the NHA championship and the Stanley Cup. He sold his share of the Blueshirts, turning the club over toEddie Livingstone .In 1918, Livingstone and Quinn would team up against the owners of the NHA, now operating as the
National Hockey League (NHL). Together, they attempted to overthrow the NHL and form a new league, the "Canadian Hockey Association", but were unsuccessful as the rinks were controlled by the NHL or its partners.Lacrosse
Quinn was a member of the Montreal Shamrocks team that won the world championship in 1896. He later was president of the Winnipeg Lacrosse Club and president of the Dominion Lacrosse Association.
Politician
Quinn became a City Councillor for the City of Toronto in 1927. As a politician, he acted in humanitarian causes to improve life in Toronto. He is credited with getting Toronto public libraries open on Sundays. He worked to improve conditions in the Toronto Don Jail. [Holzman(2002), pp. 343-344]
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*1913–14 NHA season References
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