Biographies
Celebrating the lives of the great and the good of the hockey family.
Biographies
The Hockey Museum’s magazines and archives contains a wealth of information on notable people from hockey’s past: the movers, shakers and innovators of our game since the mid-1800s. Through our research, we are shining a light on these remarkable individuals’ lives, drawing together the various strands of their hockey involvement and documenting their achievements.
Discover biographies of the great and the good in hockey in the pages below.
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The memorial window dedicated to hockey pioneer Constance Applebee in the St John the Baptist Church in Burley, England.
Latest Biographies
John Handley Grimmer, 1941-2021
11.11.1941 – 30.06.2021 We are sad...
Isabella (Ella) Mackenzie Vlandy, 1914-2021
Scotland women's hockey team, 1939. Ella...
Allistar Fredericks, 1971-2021
02.09.1971 – 15.06.2021 The tragic...
Nadean Burden, 1949-2021
01.11.1949 – 09.06.2021 The Hockey...
Parminder (Kake) Singh Saini, 1957-2021
19.09.1957 – 30.05.2021...
Jane Nockolds, 1959-2021
Jane Nockolds was prepared...
Grace Robertson, 1930-2021
Portrait of Grace Robertson, unknown...
David Prosser, 1943-2021
Left: A smiling David...
Peter Crane, 1935-2020
Peter Crane on one of many family...
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