Harvey Pulford

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Position	Defence
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 200 lb (91 kg/14 st 4 lb)
Team	Ottawa Hockey Club
Nationality	Canada
Born	April 22, 1875(1875-04-22), Toronto, Ontario
Died	October 31, 1940 (aged 65), Ottawa, Ontario
Pro career	1892 – 1908
Hall of Fame, 1945

Ernest Harvey Pulford (April 22, 1875 – October 31, 1940) was a Canadian all-around athlete at the turn of the 20th century, winning national championships in ice hockey, lacrosse, football, boxing, paddling and rowing. He won four Stanley Cups with the Ottawa Hockey Club and championships or tournaments in every sport in which he played.

Harvey Pulford (2nd from the left - front row) as a member of the 1905 Ottawa Silver Sevens

[edit] Sports career

Born in Toronto, Harvey Pulford moved to Ottawa 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 to Baltimore, 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 1911 Henley 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, with Russell Bowie, Harry Westwick and Alf Smith, one of the final active hockey players who had played in the 19th century.

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Source: Hockey Hall of Fame

[edit] References

• Ferguson, Bob (2005). Who's Who In Canadian Sport: 4th Ed.. Markham, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, pg. 361. ISBN 1-55041-855-6. 

[edit] External links

• Harvey Pulford's biography at Legends of Hockey