Canadian lacrosse and ice hockey player (born 1887)

Newsy Lalonde

Édouard Cyrille "Newsy" Lalonde was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward in the National Hockey League (NHL) and a professional lacrosse player. Lalonde is regarded as one of hockey's and lacrosse's greatest players of the first half of the 20th century and one of Canadian sport's most colourful characters. He played for the Montreal Canadiens – considered to be the original "Flying Frenchman" – in the National Hockey Association and the NHL. As player-coach, Lalonde led the Canadiens to their first Stanley Cup in 1916.

Born

1887

October 31

Died

1970

Era

1880s

Country

—

About

Newsy, in brief

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Life timeline

Key dates

1887 Born
1970 Died

Also on October 31

What else happened on this day, through history

475 Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.
683 During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down.
802 Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Conspirators place Nikephoros, the minister of finance, on the Byzantine throne.
932 Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir is killed while fighting against the forces of general Mu'nis al-Muzaffar. Al-Muqtadir's brother al-Qahir is chosen to succeed him.

See all of October 31 →

The world in 1970

When Newsy departed

april 1 President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.
april 1 A Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Berrechid, Morocco, killing 61.
april 10 Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
april 11 Apollo Program: Apollo 13 is launched.

Read the year 1970 →

Same-day contemporaries

Also born on October 31

Barbara Bel Geddes 1922–2005 American actress (born 1922) Brian Doyle-Murray 1945– American actor and comedian Constance Savery 1897– English author (died 1999) Denzil Holles 1599–1680 1st Baron Holles, English politician (born 1599) Dermot Mulroney 1963– American actor Fred McGriff 1963– American baseball player Galileo Ferraris 1847–1897 Italian physicist and engineer (born 1847) Henriette of Cleves 1542– Duchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel (died 1601) Holly Taylor 1997– Canadian-American actress

See everything on October 31 →

Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1887

Albert M. Greenfield 1887– Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1967) Alfred Lee Loomis 1887– American physicist and philanthropist (died 1975) Alvin C. York 1887–1964 American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1964) Beatrice Kerr 1887– Australian swimmer and diver (died 1971) C. R. M. F. Cruttwell 1887–1941 English historian (born 1887) Charles I of Austria (died 1922) 1887– Charles Nordhoff 1887–1947 English-American lieutenant and author (born 1887) Chico Marx 1887–1961 American actor (died 1961) Eubie Blake 1887–1983 American pianist and composer (born 1887)

Keep going

More to explore

Newsy's birthday October 31 Newsy's zodiac Scorpio When Newsy departed 1970