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Graham Drinkwater Born February 22, 1875
Montreal, PQ, CANDied September 27, 1946 (aged 71)
Montreal, PQ, CANPosition Rover Played for Montreal Victorias Playing career 1892–1899 Hall of Fame, 1950 Charles Graham Drinkwater (February 22, 1875 – September 27, 1946) was a Canadian ice hockey player, businessman and philanthropist. Drinkwater played for the Montreal Victorias in the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) in the early era before professionalism. Drinkwater was a rare player in that he had the ability to play both forward and defence with equal skill. Drinkwater was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1950. Drinkwater was a member of four Stanley Cup winning teams during his career. After hockey, Drinkwater became a partner in a stock-broker business and a supporter of music orchestras in Montreal.
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Childhood
Drinkwater was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. He was educated at Montreal High School and McGill University.[1] Drinkwater was an accomplished hockey and football player in his teens, he starred with the Montreal Hockey Club junior team in 1892–93, the same year that the Montreal HC went on to win the first Stanley cup in that same season. Drinkwater also played a prominent role on McGill's football team.
Hockey career
Graham Drinkwater and Victorias hockey team, Westmount, about 1895
After graduating from McGill in 1895, Drinkwater joined the Victoria Hockey Club of Montreal. Drinkwater scored nine goals in eight contests, helping the Victorias win the Stanley Cup. Drinkwater would also win the cup in 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1899 (as Captain). Drinkwater's excellent skating and smarts made him one of the best players early in the game of hockey. Drinkwater was named one of the original trustees of the Allan Cup by donator H. Montagu Allan in 1909.[2] Drinkwater was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1950.
Business and music involvement
Drinkwater became a stock-broker and rose to partner of the firm Oswald & Drinkwater, later to become Drinkwater Weir & Company. Along with his wife Muriel Greenshields, he became a supporter of music in the city. He was the organizer of a February 11, 1934 benefit concert of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra that cleared all of its debts and provided a surplus for future efforts.[3] Drinkwater was vice-president of the Orchestra until it suspended in 1941. He continued supporting music with the Les Concerts Symphoniques and the Montreal Little Symphony until his death in 1946 at his home at 3511 Peel Street in Montreal.[1]
Hockey statistics
Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1892–93 Montreal Victorias AHAC 3 1 - 1 - 1894–95 Montreal Victorias AHAC 8 9 - 9 - 1895–96 Montreal Victorias AHAC 8 7 - 7 - 1896 Montreal Victorias Stanley Cup - - - - - 1 1 - 1 - 1896–97 Montreal Victorias AHAC 4 3 - 3 - 1897 Montreal Victorias Stanley Cup - - - - - 1 0 - 0 - 1897–98 Montreal Victorias AHAC 8 10 - 10 - 1898–99 Montreal Victorias CAHL 6 0 - 0 - 1899 Montreal Victorias Stanley Cup - - - - - 2 1 - 1 - Totals 37 30 - 30 - 4 2 - 2 - References
- ^ a b "Music Supporter Dies Yesterday". Montreal Gazette: p. 14. September 28, 1946. http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=wn4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CJkFAAAAIBAJ&dq=drinkwater&pg=5863%2C4499019.
- ^ "Trustees for Cup". Montreal Gazette: p. 2. March 9, 1909. http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=A880AAAAIBAJ&sjid=84QFAAAAIBAJ&dq=drinkwater&pg=6738%2C731915. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
- ^ "Benefit Concert is Great Success". Montreal Gazette: p. 10. February 12, 1934. http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=LkswAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bKgFAAAAIBAJ&dq=drinkwater&pg=6514%2C1468715. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
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Categories:- 1875 births
- 1946 deaths
- Canadian ice hockey forwards
- Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
- Ice hockey people from Quebec
- Montreal Victorias players
- Stanley Cup champions
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