Harry Allen (ice hockey) explained

Harry Allen
Position:Center
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:165
Played For:Edmonton Mercurys
Ntl Team:Canada
Birth Date:23 January 1923
Birth Place:Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Death Place:Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Career Start:1940
Career End:1952

Harold John Allen (January 23, 1923 – August 2, 1990) was a Canadian ice hockey player with the Edmonton Mercurys.

Career

Allen won a gold medal at the 1950 World Ice Hockey Championships in London, England. The 1950 Edmonton Mercurys team was inducted to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.[1] Allen, the brother of Keith Allen, also played in the PCHL for the Los Angeles Monarchs and Oakland Oaks.[2] He later coached the Edmonton Oil Kings, and was named Edmonton's Sportsman of the Year after his Oil Kings team appeared in the 1959–60 Memorial Cup. Allen died on August 2, 1990, at the age of 67.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edmonton Waterloo Mercurys 1950. Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. May 21, 2013. March 25, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170325054429/http://ashfm.ca/component/k2/edmonton-waterloo-mercurys-1950. dead.
  2. "Harry Allen", Society for International Hockey Research Database, accessed August 1, 2015.
  3. Edmonton sports personality Harry Allen dies at age 67: [Final Edition]Edmonton Journal [Edmonton, Alta] August 3, 1990: B4.