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Bunk MacBeth
Bunk MacBeth (Sportswriter. Born, Ingersoll, Ont., Aug. 19, 1884; died, Saratoga Springs, NY, Aug. 5, 1937.) Very few sportswriters can claim to have helped bring a major sport to a major city, but William J. MacBeth is one about whom that can be said. Bill MacBeth was largely responsible for bringing the N.H.L. to New […]
Tommy Gorman
Tommy Gorman (Hockey. Born, Ottawa, Ont., June 9, 1886; died, Ottawa, Ont., May 15, 1961.) Among the most influential figures in bringing the N.H.L. to the United States, Thomas Patrick Gorman was also the business manager of seven teams that won the Stanley Cup. Gorman was deputized by N.H.L. president Frank Calder to expand the N.H.L. […]