Rod Smith (ice hockey) explained

Rod Smith
Position:Defence
Played For:Saskatoon Crescents
Winnipeg 61st Battalion
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Birth Date:28 June 1894
Birth Place:Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
Career Start:1914
Career End:1923

Roderick Angus Smith (June 28, 1894 – November 25, 1961) was a professional ice hockey player. He played with the Saskatoon Crescents of the Western Canada Hockey League between 1922 and 1924.[1] Smith was also a member of the Winnipeg 61st Battalion team which captured the 1916 Allan Cup as amateur champions of Canada.[2] While on the Winnipeg 61st Battalion team Smith played alongside fellow defenseman and future Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Bullet Joe Simpson.

He died in 1961 and is buried at Riverside Memorial Park in Regina.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://losthockey.com/public_player_list.cfm?letter=s&PageNum_qPlayers=47&league_filter=al.. SIHR – Player List
  2. http://honouredmembers.sportmanitoba.ca/inductee.php?id=309&criteria_sort=name 1916 61st Battalion
  3. Web site: Saskatchewan Cemeteries Project - Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery - Regina, Saskatchewan. rootsweb.ancestry.com. 2014-03-02.