Dave Gill

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Dave Gill
Dave Gill Ottawa New Edinburghs.jpg
Gill c. 1912
Born(1887-11-24)November 24, 1887
Grenville, Quebec, Canada
DiedMarch 30, 1959(1959-03-30) (aged 71)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
OccupationIce hockey coach and executive
Known for
AwardsOttawa Sport Hall of Fame

David Norman Gill[1][2] (November 24, 1887 – March 30, 1959) was head coach of the original Ottawa Senators from 1926 to 1931 and a prominent Ottawa sportsman. He won the Stanley Cup in the 1926–27 season. Gill was a member of the War Canoe Club of New Edinburgh as a manager,[3] and played rugby and hockey for that club as well as paddling. He played football for the Ottawa Rough Riders between 1912 and 1923.

He helped organize the Ottawa and District Amateur Hockey Association in 1920 and in 1925 joined the Ottawa Senators as manager, taking over as coach the following year, winning a Stanley Cup in 1927. Financial trouble necessitated the team selling off players to pay its debts and when Ottawa left the National Hockey League in 1931 for one year, he did not return to the Senators.

He died of heart problems on March 30, 1959.

Coaching record[]

Team Year Regular season Post season
G W L T Pts Division rank Result
OTT 1926–27 44 30 10 4 64 1st in Canadian Won Stanley Cup
OTT 1927–28 44 20 14 0 50 3rd in Canadian Lost in Quarterfinals
OTT 1928–29 44 14 17 3 31 4th in Canadian Missed Playoffs
Total 132 64 41 27 155
Preceded by Head Coach of the Ottawa Senators (Original)
1926–1929 		Succeeded by

References[]

  • Ottawa Citizen November 16, 1928 page 12 "The Manager of the Ottawa Hockey Team"
  • The Leader-Post, Regina Saskatchewan March 30, 1959 page 20 "David Gill Dies at 73"

Notes[]

  1. ^ Personnel Records of the First World War – GILL, DAVID NORMAN Library and Archives Canada (bac-lac.gc.ca). Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  2. ^ David 'Dave' Gill Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame (ottawasporthalloffame.ca).
  3. ^ "Record rush for reserved seats for big hockey game Saturday" Ottawa Citizen. Dec. 26, 1912 (pg. 8).
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