Francis Moore (ice hockey)

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Team Competition
Outdoor photo of the Port Arthur Bearcats in hockey equipment wearing the Canadian national team uniform
Canada men's national ice hockey team at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Francis William "Dinty" Moore (October 29, 1900 – January 21, 1976) was a Canadian goaltender who competed in ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics. He was born in Port Colborne, Ontario and died in Morgan's Point, Ontario.[citation needed]

Moore was a 1920 Memorial Cup Champion goalie with the Toronto Canoe Club Paddlers of the Ontario Hockey Association.[citation needed] He was a member of the 1936 Port Arthur Bearcats, which won the silver medal for Canada at the 1936 Winter Olympics.[1] Following the Olympics, he played one season in the OHA Senior A League with the Toronto Goodyears.[citation needed]

Moore was president of the Ontario Hockey Association from 1942 through 1945.[2] He was made a lifetime member of the Ontario Hockey Association in 1962.[3]

Since 1976, the F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy has been given annually to the Ontario Hockey League rookie goaltender with the best regular season goals against average.[4]

In 1987, Moore was inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the 1936 Olympic team.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Dinty Moore Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
  2. ^ Young, Scott (1989). 100 Years of Dropping the Puck. Toronto, Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Inc. pp. 194-200. ISBN 0-7710-9093-5.
  3. ^ "OHA Life Members". Ontario Hockey Association. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "OHL Awards". Ontario Hockey League. Canadian Hockey League. Retrieved December 24, 2017.


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