Charlie Uksila Explained

Position:Left wing
Shoots:Left[1]
Height Ft:5
Height In:6
Weight Lb:150
Birth Date:12 October 1887
Birth Place:Calumet, MI, USA
Death Place:Mountain View, CA, USA
Career Start:1907
Career End:1919
Played For:Portland Rosebuds
Vancouver Millionaires

Charles Uksila, Jr. (October 12, 1887 – March 4, 1964) was an American professional hockey player. He played for the Portland Rosebuds and Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He was a native of Calumet, Michigan, where he started his hockey career. Prior to playing with Portland, he was a member of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. He was a member of the Rosebuds team that played the Montreal Canadiens in the 1916 Stanley Cup Finals.[2]

Uksila retired from professional hockey after the 1918–19 season, and then worked as a fancy skating instructor at the Connaught Skating Club in Vancouver.[3] He also toured in Australia where he performed as a figure skater alongside his sister in Sydney and Melbourne.[4]

He died in Mountain View, California,[5] [6] in 1964. He was of Finnish descent.[7]

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External links

http://cchockeyhistory.org/legends/U.htm

https://hockeygods.com/images/6521-Vancouver_Millionaires_Charles_Uksila

http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2014/09/charles-uksila.html?m=1

Notes and References

  1. The Sunday Oregonian, Dec. 5 1915, pg. 4
  2. Web site: Official rules for ice hockey, speed skating, figure skating and curling . New York . American sports publishing company.
  3. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26843168/oregon-daily-journal-oct-21-1921/ "Former Portland Hockey Player Is Now an Instructor"
  4. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90502145/charlie-uksila-back-from-the-antipodes/ "Charlie Uksila back from the antipodes"
  5. News: Ex-Ice Capades Stage Manager Dies at 76 . The Peninsula Times Tribune . March 5, 1964 . Palo Alto, CA . 2 . January 20, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  6. News: Uksila . The Vancouver Sun . March 9, 1964 . Vancouver, BC . 29 . January 21, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  7. Web site: Charles W UKSILA . Legends of Australian Ice . March 15, 2017.