Marty Walsh

Marty Walsh
Marty Walsh

Marty Walsh, 1910 tobacco card
Born October 16, 1883(1883-10-16)
Kingston, ON, CAN
Died March 27, 1915(1915-03-27) (aged 31)
Muskoka, ON, CAN
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight 155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb)
Position Centre
ECAHA,NHA team Ottawa Senators
Playing career 1907–1912
Hall of Fame, 1962

Martin J. Walsh (October 16, 1883 - March 27, 1915) was a Canadian amateur, later professional, ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators, winning three Stanley Cups in 1909, 1910 and 1911 and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. After his hockey-playing days were over, he moved to Edmonton to work and in 1914 fell ill and was in the Muskoka Sanatorium in March 1915 where he died.[1]

Playing career

Marty Walsh played hockey for Queen's University from 1902–1906 and in 1905 was a member of their championship team that year. He turned professional for the 1906–07 season with the Canadian Soo of the International Professional Hockey League (IPHL), playing only 7 games due to injury. In 1907, he joined the Ottawa Senators and played for the club for five seasons, winning three Stanley Cups in 1909, 1910, 1911. He was a high-scoring forward and in 1909, Marty scored 42 goals in 12 games. In 1911, he scored ten goals in a Stanley Cup challenge match against Port Arthur, second only to Frank McGee's 14 in one game. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1962.

References

  1. ^ "Marty Walsh dies at Muskoka", Muskoka Free Press, March 29, 1915 

External links

Preceded by
Bruce Stuart		 Ottawa Senators captain
(Original Era)
1911–12		 Succeeded by
Jack Darragh


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