Clarence McKerrow

Summary

Clarence Douglas "Clare" McKerrow (January 18, 1877 – October 20, 1959) was a Canadian athlete. McKerrow competed in lacrosse for Canada in the 1908 Summer Olympics. McKerrow also played ice hockey with the Montreal Hockey Club and won two Stanley Cup titles with the team; in 1895[2] as a player, and in 1902 as a trainer.

Clarence McKerrow
McKerrow with the Montreal Lacrosse Club.
Born (1877-01-18)January 18, 1877
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died October 20, 1959(1959-10-20) (aged 82)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Weight 68[1] kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)
Position Rover (ice hockey)
Defense (lacrosse)
Played for Montreal Hockey Club
Montreal Lacrosse Club
Playing career 1895–1899
Olympic medal record
Men's lacrosse
Representing  Canada
Gold medal – first place 1908 London Team

He was born in Montreal, Quebec.

Career edit

As an ice hockey player an 18-year old McKerrow, weighing only 115 pounds at the time and considered too young and too light for senior hockey, sat on the Montreal Hockey Club bench for the entirety of the 1894–95 regular season. But when Billy Barlow was absent for the March 9, 1895 Stanley Cup challenge game against the Queen's University team of the OHA, McKerrow was called upon to play, scoring a goal while his team defended the Stanley Cup, and from there on he was a fixture on the team roster.[3]

In March 1902 McKerrow coached the Montreal Hokey Club, then dubbed the "Little Men of Iron" because of the small stature of many of its players (including Dickie Boon, Archie HooperJimmy Gardner and Jack Marshall), to a Stanley Cup victory over the Winnipeg Victorias.[4]

In 1908 he was part of the Canadian lacrosse team which won the gold medal in the Summer Olympics, alongside future ice hockey magnate Tommy Gorman.[5]

McKerrow died in Montreal on October 20, 1959.[6]

Statistics edit

Ice hockey edit

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A P PIM GP G A P PIM
1895 Montreal Hockey Club Stanley Cup 1 1 1
1896 Montreal Hockey Club AHAC 6 8 8
1897 Montreal Hockey Club AHAC 8 12 12
1898 Montreal Hockey Club AHAC 8 13 13
1899 Montreal Hockey Club CAHL 4 12 12
AHAC totals 22 33 33

Source:[7]

Referenser edit

  1. ^ The Sunday Herald, March 8, 1896 (pg. 18)
  2. ^ Stanley Cup Annual Record 1895 nhl.com
  3. ^ "Turning Back Hockey's Pages" MacDonald, D. A. L.. Montreal Gazette. January 24, 1935 (pg. 14).
  4. ^ Stankley Cup Annual Record 1902 (Mar) nhl.com
  5. ^ "Clarence McKerrow". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Ranked With Greats In Canadian Sports" Ottawa Citizen. October 21, 1959 (pg. 27). Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  7. ^ Coleman, Charles (1966). Trail of the Stanley Cup, Volume 1: 1893–1926. Montreal: NHL. ISBN 0-84032941-5.

External links edit

  • Clary MacKerrow at Sports Reference