Arthur Leonard "Art" Throop (August 19, 1884 – June 24, 1973) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played for the New Westminster Royals (1913–14) and Portland Rosebuds (1914–15) of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.[3] He also previously played for the Ottawa Victorias, and during his time with the club he was involved in a 1907 FAHL game which saw the death of Bud McCourt.[4] He suffered a blow to the head from an opposing player's stick during a brawl that ensued that game.[5][6]
| Arthur Throop | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Throop with the Ottawa Victorias. | |||
| Born |
August 19, 1884 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died |
June 24, 1973 (aged 88) Haileybury, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg; 9 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Ottawa Victorias Pittsburgh Lyceum[1] Pittsburgh Bankers Brantford Indians[2] Toronto Tecumsehs Haileybury Comets New Westminster Royals Portland Rosebuds | ||
| Playing career | 1902–1915 | ||
Throop also spent time in the National Hockey Association with the Toronto Tecumsehs and Haileybury Comets.[7]
Throop died in 1973 at a Haileybury hospital.[8]
He was the last surviving former player of the Haileybury Comets and the Toronto Tecumsehs.
Statistics
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1905–06 | Ottawa Victorias | FAHL | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1906–07 | Ottawa Victorias | FAHL | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1907–08 | Pittsburgh Lyceum | WPHL | 17 | 7 | 0 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1907–08 | Pittsburgh Bankers | World Pro. Series | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
| 1908–09 | Pittsburgh Lyceum | WPHL | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1908–09 | Brantford Indians | OPHL | 15 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1910 | Haileybury Comets | NHA | 12 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1912–13 | Toronto Tecumsehs | NHA | 20 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1913–14 | New Westminster Royals | PCHA | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1914–15 | Portland Rosebuds | PCHA | 18 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 43 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| NHA totals | 32 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 91 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| PCHA totals | 28 | 21 | 11 | 32 | 61 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Bankers again beat Lyceum" The Montreal Gazette December 21, 1908.
- ^ "Montreal won in Halifax" The Montreal Gazette February 17, 1909.
- ^ Arthur Throop, Forward on Portland Hockey Team oregonnews.uoregon.edu
- ^ "Masson Trial" Ottawa Citizen April 11, 1907.
- ^ "Death on ice in 1907 | Cornwall Standard Freeholder". Standard-freeholder.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ Wong, John Chi-Kit (January 2009). Coast to Coast: Hockey in Canada to the Second World War - Google Books. ISBN 9780802095329. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ Mancuso, Jim; Petterson, Scott (2007). Hockey in Portland - Jim Mancuso, Scott Petterson - Google Books. ISBN 9780738548043. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ The Ottawa Journal page 53, June 30, 1973.