Russell Stanley (1893 - 1971)

Born 1 Jun 1893 in Paisley, Ontario, Canada

Died 16 May 1971 at age 77 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Barney Stanley is Notable.

Biography

Russell was born in 1893 in Paisley, Ontario, the son of a dairy farmer. Stanley and his wife Muriel Frances (née Sparling) had four children: son Don and daughters Isobel, Dorothy and Frances. Following the death in 1951 of his first wife, Stanley married Margaret (Greta) Muir. He had three brothers and a sister. His son was also a hockey player, a member of Canada's 1950 world championship team (and founder of Stantec), while his nephew Allan Stanley is also a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) and the Calgary Tigers, Regina Capitals and Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). He was the second head coach of the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League (NHL), appearing as a player in one game for the team. He won the Stanley Cup with the Millionaires in 1915.^[1]

Remaining active in hockey, Stanley coached the Edmonton Poolers junior team between 1929 and 1931. He was a member of the hockey committee of the Edmonton Exhibition Association when the Flyers won the Allan Cup national senior championship in 1948. Stanley also designed one of the sport's first hockey helmets, presented to the NHL's board of governors without interest after Chicago's Dick Irvin suffered a fractured skull during a game. ^[2]

He passed away in 1971.

1963 inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=14428
2. ↑ http://hockeygods.com/images/16744-Barney_Stanley_1921_Calgary_Tigers

• "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMDK-VH7 : 10 August 2017), Russell Stanley, 01 Jun 1893; citing Birth, Bertie, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,887,238.
• "Canada Census, 1916," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM5X-HHL : 11 March 2018), Russell Stanley, Alberta, Canada; citing p. 51, line 45; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,434,964.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLG-WNPV : 13 December 2015), Russell Stanley, 1971; Burial, Edmonton, Edmonton Census Division, Alberta, Canada, Edmonton Municipal Cemetery; citing record Find A Grave: Memorial #193711741.
• Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Stanley
• https://sites.rootsweb.com/~jksparling/d0024/f0002412.html