Leth Graham Explained

Position:Left wing
Played For:Ottawa Stewartons
Ottawa Senators
Hamilton Tigers
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:5
Height In:6
Weight Lb:150
Birth Date:10 October 1894
Birth Place:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Wrightville, Quebec, Canada
Career Start:1913
Career End:1926

Andrew Letham Graham (October 10, 1894 – January 18, 1944) was a Canadian ice hockey player. Graham played left wing for six seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators and Hamilton Tigers. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He won the Stanley Cup with Ottawa in 1921 and retired in 1925. He also appeared in the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals with the Ottawa Hockey Club against the Vancouver Millionaires, a losing effort.

Life outside of hockey career

Graham participated in World War I and did not play any competitive hockey between the 1915–16 and 1919–20 seasons. While serving in Europe he was exposed to poison gas which permanently affected his physical condition and his level of play.[1]

On July 2, 1939, Graham was seriously injured with severe lacerations to his scalp when his car flew over a fence and turned over in a ditch in a single-vehicle accident in Ottawa.[2] He died less than five years later on January 18, 1944, of a sudden heart attack in Wrightville, Quebec while sitting in the grill room of the Regal Hotel, St. Joseph's Boulevard.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1909–10Hull ExcelsiorsH-OHL5 4 0 4
1910–11Ottawa New EdinburghsIPAHU1 1 0 1 0
1910–11Ottawa StewartonsOCHL5 2 0 2 3
1911–12Ottawa StewartonsIPAHU8 8 0 8 6
1912–13Ottawa StewartonsIPAHU7 7 0 7 18
1913–14Ottawa SenatorsNHA17 1 1 2 2
1914–15Ottawa SenatorsNHA17 9 3 12 345 1 0 1
1920–21Ottawa SenatorsNHL14 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 0
1921–22Ottawa SenatorsNHL1 2 0 2 0
1922–23Hamilton TigersNHL5 1 0 1 0
1923–24Ottawa SenatorsNHL3 0 0 0 0
1924–25Ottawa SenatorsNHL3 0 0 0 0
NHL totals26 3 0 3 01 0 0 0 0

References

Notes

Notes and References

  1. The Regina Morning Leader, December 12, 1921, pg. 10
  2. "Leth Graham is injured in spectacular car crash": The Ottawa Journal, July 3, 1939, pg. 7
  3. "A. Letham Graham former professional hockey player dies": The Ottawa Journal, January 19, 1944, pg. 19