Cam Davidson Explained

Position:Forward
Played For:Montreal Victorias
Weight Lb:150[1]
Birth Date:May 22, 1877
Birth Place:MontrealQuebec, Canada
Death Place:Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada
Career Start:1894
Career End:1900

Campbell Davidson (May 22, 1877 – February 16, 1940[2]) was a Canadian ice hockey player for the Montreal Victorias during the late 19th century. He was a member of two Stanley Cup championship teams with the Victorias, in 1897[3] and 1899.[4]

Cam (or Cammy) Davidson was a younger brother of Shirley Davidson who also played on the Victorias in the AHAC. Their father was lawyer and judge Charles Peers Davidson. The two brothers learned hockey with the junior Victorias and at McGill University. Cam Davidson graduated in medicine from McGill University and was known as Dr. Campbell Davidson later in his life.[5]

Davidson died on February 16, 1940, in Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, and is buried at Qualicum Beach Cemetery.[6]

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  1. Winnipeg Tribune, Dec. 29, 1896 (pg. 4)
  2. https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/campbell-davidson-24-92cl3m Campbell Davidson (1877–1940)
  3. http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=25069 Stanley Cup Annual Record 1897
  4. http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=25071 Stanley Cup Annual Record 1899 (Feb)
  5. https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=1RIuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iJgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6627%2C1649951 "Turning Back Hockey's Pages"
  6. https://sv.findagrave.com/memorial/138019399/campbell-davidson Dr Campbell Davidson (1877–1940)