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Frank McGee

Canadian ice hockey player

Died when: 33 years 317 days (406 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Frank McGee

Francis Clarence McGee (November 4, 1882 – September 16, 1916) was a Canadian ice hockey player for the Ottawa Hockey Club (also known as the Silver Seven) between 1903 and 1906.

He played both as a centre and as a rover.He was also a civil servant for the Government of Canada and a lieutenant in the Canadian Army.

A member of a prominent family in Ottawa, McGee was known as "One-Eyed" Frank McGee due to being blind in one eye, the result of an injury from a hockey game when he was young.

After missing two years due to the injury, he joined the senior Ottawa team in 1903, and played for them until 1906.

A legendary player of his era, and known as a prolific scorer, McGee once scored 14 goals in a Stanley Cup game and scored five goals or more in a game eight other times.

Despite a brief senior career — only 45 games over four seasons — he helped Ottawa win and retain the Stanley Cup as Canadian champions during this time (1903–1906).

After his hockey career ended, McGee worked with the Department of Indian Affairs in the Canadian federal government.During the First World War, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and died in battle in France in 1916.

When the Hockey Hall of Fame was founded in 1945, McGee was one of the original inductees.


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