Professional Hockey Player, Hockey Executive. Born in Harriston, Ontario, his family moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, when he was a young boy. While growing up he became interested in winter sports and soon took a love of hockey. He at first began playing for several local teams before joining the Winnipeg Victorias of the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (or CAHL) in 1904. He played with the Victorias for only one season (1904) but helped lead the team to an Allan Cup Championship and a Stanley Cup Championship. His teammates during these this time included the likes of Frank Patrick, Ernie "Moose" Johnson, and Russell Bowie, whose scoring record included 27 goals in one season. He later served as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Winnipeg Victorias senior club and he saw the team win the Allan Cup Championships in 1911 and 1912. A dedicated member of the hockey community he later lobbied for the establishment of a national body to preside over the evolution of amateur hockey in Canada. Under his leadership, he helped to establish the formation of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (or CAHA) during meetings in Ottawa at the Chateau Laurier Hotel on December 4, 1914. He was named to the post of Honorary Secretary-Treasurer and he served in the organization's operation in its first year from 1914 to 1915. In 1925, he was formally recognized by his peers as being the true founder of the organization and was admitted to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association as a life member. He was also made a member of the Canadian Amateur Athletic Union (or CAAU) and was honored by being asked to serve as a Trustee of the Allan and Abbott Cups. In 1932, he turned his interest to coaching and he managed the Canadian Olympic Team at the Winter Games which were held in Lake Placid, New York. For his contribution to the sport of hockey, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a Builder in 1947, as an "Honoured Member" of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in 1960, and the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame as a Builder in 1960. He passed away at the Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the age of 94, from a cerebral infarction due to cerebral thrombosis.