Art Dorrington Explained

Birth Date:March 13, 1930
Birth Place:Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death Place:Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Weight Lb:160
Position:Centre
Shoots:Left
Played For:Atlantic City Seagulls
New Haven Tomahawks
Washington Lions
Boston Olympics
Johnstown Jets
Philadelphia Ramblers
Career Start:1949
Career End:1958

Art Dorrington (March 13, 1930 – December 29, 2017) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre.

Dorrington became the first black hockey player to sign a National Hockey League (NHL) contract when he joined the New York Rangers organization in 1950.[1] Despite putting up very good statistics in the minor leagues, he was never able to make it to the major league ranks. Dorrington played for the Atlantic City Seagulls of the Eastern Hockey League.

After retiring from hockey, Dorrington joined the Atlantic County Sheriff's Office.[2] In the late 1990s he created the Art Dorrington Ice Hockey Foundation, a program that teaches hockey to children from low-income families in Atlantic City.[3]

He died on December 29, 2017, at the age of 87 in Atlantic City.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Reclaiming hockey history . https://archive.today/20120803195859/http://www.halifaxnewsnet.ca/Opinion/2012-02-08/article-2889565/%0D%0AReclaiming-hockey-history%0D%0A%0D%0A/1 . dead. 2012-08-03 . Warlow . Jacqueline . 8 February 2012 . Halifax News Net . 7 May 2012 .
  2. http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/top_three/local-athlete-art-dorrington-first-professional-black-hockey-player-dies/article_a6bf897c-57ed-5436-8ec8-b4f4b51c85c0.html Local athlete Art Dorrington, first professional black hockey player, dies
  3. Web site: More honors for Dorrington. McGourty. John. 14 August 2008. 7 May 2012.
  4. Web site: Dorrington, James Arthur "Art" . Press of Atlantic City . January 13, 2022 . en . January 4, 2018.