Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1960)

Frank Patrick

Francis Alexis Patrick was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, head coach, manager, and executive. Along with his brother Lester, he founded the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), the first major professional hockey league in Western Canada. Patrick, who also served as president of the league, took control of the Vancouver Millionaires, serving as a player, coach, and manager of the team. It was in the PCHA that Patrick would introduce many innovations to hockey that remain today, including the blue line, the penalty shot, and tracking assists, among others.

Born

1885

December 21

Died

1960

Era

1880s

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1885 Born
1960 Died

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The world in 1960

When Frank departed

april 1 The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
april 13 The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
april 15 At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
april 19 Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.

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Also born in 1885

Alice Paul 1885–1977 American activist and suffragist (died 1977) Clare Sheridan 1885–1970 English sculptor and author (born 1885) D. H. Lawrence 1885–1930 English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (born 1885) Erich von Stroheim 1885–1957 Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (born 1885) Giacomo Matteotti 1885–1924 Italian lawyer and politician (born 1885) Grace Hutchins 1885–1969 American labor reformer and researcher (died 1969) Gunnar Asplund 1885–1940 Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (born 1885) John Curtin 1885–1945 Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1945) John Tovey 1885–1971 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (born 1885)

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