This is a list of ice hockey players who died in wars. The team is the last team the person played for.
: Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
World War I
| Name | Age | Year died |
Position | Team | Last year played |
Service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobey Baker | 26 | 1918 | Right winger | St. Nicholas Hockey Club | 1916 | United States Army Air Service | Crashed while testing a repaired airplane. |
| Scotty Davidson | 24 | 1915 | Right winger / defenceman | Toronto Blueshirts | 1914 | Canadian Expeditionary Force | There are several conflicting versions of how he died. |
| Michael Joseph Hayes | 24 | 1918 | Forward | Colgate University | 1917 | United States Army | Killed by machine-gun fire while assaulting the town of Saint-Juvin. |
| Frank McGee | 33 | 1916 | Centre / rover | Ottawa HC | 1906 | Canadian Expeditionary Force | Killed in action during the Battle of the Somme. |
| George Richardson | 29 | 1916 | Left winger | Kingston Frontenacs | 1912 | Canadian Expeditionary Force | Killed in action. |
World War II
Two National Hockey League players were killed in World War II.
| Name | Age | Year died |
Position | Team | Last year played |
Service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dudley Garrett | 20 | 1944 | Defenceman | New York Rangers | 1943 | Royal Canadian Navy | The corvette HMCS Shawinigan (K136) was torpedoed and sunk by the U-boat U-1228, with the loss of all hands. |
| Norbert Sterle | 24 | 1943 | Forward | Kansas City Americans | 1942 | United States Army | Killed on a routine scouting mission in Italy after the Germans had been forced to abandon the Barbara Line. |
| Joe Turner | 25 | 1944 or 1945 | Goaltender | Detroit Red Wings | 1942 | United States Army | Initially listed as missing in action in the Battle of Hürtgen Forest. |
See also
References
- ^ Clinton, Jared (November 11, 2014). "Remembering the Four Hockey Hall of Famers Who Lost Their Lives in World War I". The Hockey News.
- Valor awards for Michael J. Hayes | Military Times Hall of Valor
- ^ Duff, Bob (November 9, 2016). "Windsor's Joe Turner made ultimate sacrifice". Windsor Star.
- "Fallen Canadians with ties to hockey: 1944". Veterans Affairs Canada. 20 February 2019.
- "Norbert John Sterle". Veterans' Memorial Project. Retrieved May 5, 2021.