Charlie Uksila
Charlie Uksila | |||
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Born |
Calumet, MI, USA | October 12, 1887||
Died |
March 4, 1964 (aged 76) Santa Clara, CA, USA | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||
Weight | 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb) | ||
Position | Left Wing | ||
Shot | Left[1] | ||
Played for |
Portland Rosebuds Vancouver Millionaires | ||
Playing career | 1907–1919 |
Charles Uksila, Jr. (October 12, 1887 – March 4, 1964) was an American professional hockey player. He played for the Portland Rosebuds and Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He was a native of Calumet, Michigan, where he started his hockey career. Prior to playing with Portland, he was a member of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. He was a member of the Rosebuds team that played the Montreal Canadiens in the 1916 Stanley Cup Finals.[2]
Uksila retired from professional hockey after the 1918–19 season, and then worked as a fancy skating instructor at the Connaught Skating Club in Vancouver.[3] He also toured in Australia where he performed as a figure skater alongside his sister in Sydney and Melbourne.[4]
He died in Santa Clara, California, in 1964. He was of Finnish descent.[5]
References[]
- ^ The Sunday Oregonian, Dec. 5 1915, pg. 4
- ^ "Official rules for ice hockey, speed skating, figure skating and curling". New York, American sports publishing company.
- ^ "Former Portland Hockey Player Is Now an Instructor" Oregon Daily Journal. Oct. 21, 1921. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
- ^ "Charlie Uksila back from the antipodes" Vancouver Sun. Oct. 22, 1920 (pg. 4). Retrieved 2021-12-13.
- ^ "Charles W UKSILA". Legends of Australian Ice. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
External links[]
- 1887 births
- 1964 deaths
- American people of Finnish descent
- Ice hockey players from Michigan
- People from Calumet, Michigan
- Portland Rosebuds players
- Vancouver Millionaires players
- American men's ice hockey left wingers