Stewart Evans (ice hockey)

Stewart Hadarezer "Stew" Evans (June 19, 1907 – June 2, 1996) was a professional ice hockey player who played 367 games in the National Hockey League. He left amateur hockey in Canada when he was hired as a defensemen for the Detroit Falcons in 1929. The Falcons were renamed three years later becoming the Detroit Red Wings in 1932, making Stewart Evans truly a charter member of the Detroit Red Wings hockey club. He played for the Detroit Red Wings until the 1933-1934 season when he was traded to the Montreal Maroons. He won the Stanley Cup in 1935 with the Montreal Maroons. He served as the final Captain of the Montreal Maroons from 1937–1938. He would play out the season with the Maroons then moving on the following season 1938-1939 playing for the Montreal Canadiens. Stew decided to make a career change and become Detroit strong- he wanted to get into the car business. In 1939, at the height of his career he left professional hockey for a full time job with Ford Motor Company as a labor relations manager. Although he went on to pursue business interest he never severed ties with the Red Wings.

Red Wings Alumni Association[]

In 1960 Stew founded the Red Wings Alumni Association and served as its first president. It's the oldest NHL alumni group in the nation and each year raises tens of thousands of dollars for children's charities and medical research.

Car dealerships[]

In 1945 he built his first Lincoln-Mercury dealership. He acquired a second dealership in 1955 in Detroit, and by 1957 was the successful owner of a third dealership. At the height of his career in the car industry his company was among the nations top 100 in sales and customer satisfaction. In 1993 Stew sold his remaining dealerships but continued on as chairman of the board until his death in 1996.

Personal life[]

Stewart Hadarezer Evans was born June 19, 1907 in Carleton, Ottawa, Ontario to his parents Hadarezer and Jeanne "Jennie" (nee Lapalm) Evans. On August 12, 1930 in Iroquois Falls, Ontario, Canada, Stewart Evans married Elizabeth Jane Thompson (1905-1983). They had 3 children- daughter, Beverly Marie Evans born May 16, 1931 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; son, Stewart Thompson Evans born October 7, 1934; and daughter Linda Evans.

Stewart's great grandfather, Thomas Galway McNaughton Evans (1807-1898) was born in Limerick, Ireland. Thomas Galway Evans was the patriarch of the family that left Ireland and made it to North America where he died October 27, 1898 in Nepean, Carleton, Ontario, Canada. Stew Evans came from hearty stock.

Evans died on June 2, 1996 in Atlantis, Palm Beach County, Florida. He was survived by his wife, children, 11 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.

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Preceded by Lionel Conacher	Montreal Maroons captain 1937–38	Succeeded by Position abolished

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