- Harvey Pulford
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
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team = Ottawa Hockey Club
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position = Defence
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height_ft = 5
height_in = 11
weight_lb = 200
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nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date|1875|04|22
birth_place =Toronto ,Ontario
death_date = death date and age|1940|10|31|1875|04|22
death_place =Ottawa ,Ontario
career_start = 1892
career_end = 1908
halloffame = 1945Ernest Harvey Pulford (
April 22 ,1875 –October 31 ,1940 ) was a Canadian all-around athlete at the turn of the 20th century, winning national championships inice hockey ,lacrosse , football,boxing ,paddling and rowing. He won fourStanley Cup s with the Ottawa Hockey Club and championships or tournaments in every sport in which he played.ports career
Born in
Toronto , Harvey Pulford moved toOttawa at an early age. Pulford joined the Ottawa Hockey Club in 1893, playing as a defenceman. In his first season, the Pulford played in the first Stanley Cup finals game against Montreal HC. Pulford was a member of the "Ottawa Silver Seven" club which won the Cup in March 1903 and held it until March 1906. Pulford retired in 1908, the year that Ottawa became professional. In 1931, Pulford would be involved with the club again, given an option to buy the Ottawa club, then known as the Senators, and move it toBaltimore, Maryland , but the purchase did not go through.Pulford was outstanding in other sports. He was a backfielder for the
Ottawa Rough Riders football team from 1893 to 1909, winning championships in 1898, 1899, 1900, and 1902. He played lacrosse for the Ottawa Lacrosse Club from 1893 to 1900, winning four national titles. As a boxer, he won Eastern Canadian light heavyweight and heavyweight titles between 1896 and 1898. He was also an excellent rower, winning national and U.S. championships and leading his crew to the semifinals at the 1911Henley Royal Regatta . In his late 40s, he won the Ottawa squash championship and held it from 1922 to 1924.Pulford was a charter member of the
Hockey Hall of Fame (1945) and the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame (1966). He was, withRussell Bowie ,Harry Westwick andAlf Smith , one of the final active hockey players who had played in the 19th century.Career Statistics
Regular Season Playoffs Season Club League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1893-94 Ottawa Hockey Club AHAC 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1894-95 Ottawa Hockey Club AHAC 7 0 0 0 1895-96 Ottawa Hockey Club AHAC 8 0 0 0 1896-97 Ottawa Hockey Club AHAC 8 0 0 0 1897-98 Ottawa Hockey Club AHAC 7 0 0 0 1898-99 Ottawa Hockey Club AHAC 5 0 0 0 1899-00 Ottawa Hockey Club CAHL 6 1 0 1 1899-00 Ottawa Aberdeens CAIHL 1 0 0 0 1900-01 Ottawa Hockey Club CAHL 5 0 0 0 1901-02 (Did not play) 1902-03 Ottawa Hockey Club CAHL 7 0 0 0 15 2 0 0 0 6 1902-03 Ottawa Hockey Club St-Cup 2 0 0 0 3 1903-04 Ottawa Hockey Club CAHL 2 0 0 0 3 1903-04 Ottawa Hockey Club St-Cup 7 1 0 1 12 1904-05 Ottawa Hockey Club FAHL 6 1 0 1 6 1904-05 Ottawa Hockey Club St-Cup 4 0 0 0 6 1905-06 Ottawa Hockey Club ECAHA 10 3 0 3 27 2 0 0 0 12 1905-06 Ottawa Hockey Club St-Cup 4 1 0 1 24 1906-07 Ottawa Hockey Club ECAHA 10 0 0 0 31 1907-08 Ottawa Hockey Club ECAHA 9 1 0 1 32 Source: Hockey Hall of Fame
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