Charlie Uksila
American hockey player
Died when: 76 years 144 days (916 months)Star Sign: Libra
Charles Uksila, Jr. (October 12, 1887 – March 4, 1964) was an American professional hockey player.He played for the Portland Rosebuds and Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.
He was a native of Calumet, Michigan, where he started his hockey career.Prior to playing with Portland, he was a member of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club.
He was a member of the Rosebuds team that played the Montreal Canadiens in the 1916 Stanley Cup Finals.Uksila retired from professional hockey after the 1918–19 season, and then worked as a fancy skating instructor at the Connaught Skating Club in Vancouver.
He also toured in Australia where he performed as a figure skater alongside his sister in Sydney and Melbourne.He died in Santa Clara, California, in 1964.
He was of Finnish descent.