About Arthur Throop
Lived 1884 – 1973 (aged 88). Arthur Throop was an ice hockey player.
Arthur Leonard "Art" Throop (August 19, 1884 – June 24, 1973) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played for the New Westminster Royals (1913–14) and Portland Rosebuds (1914–15) of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He also previously played for the Ottawa Victorias, and during his time with the club he was involved in a 1907 FAHL game which saw the death of Bud McCourt. He suffered a blow to the head from an opposing player's stick during a brawl that ensued that game.
Throop also spent time in the National Hockey Association with the Toronto Tecumsehs and Haileybury Comets.
Throop died in 1973 at a Haileybury hospital.
He was the last surviving former player of the Haileybury Comets and the Toronto Tecumsehs.
Statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1905–06 Ottawa Victorias FAHL 8 6 0 6 10 – – – – – 1906–07 Ottawa Victorias FAHL 7 4 0 4 – – – – – – 1907–08 Pittsburgh Lyceum WPHL 17 7 0 7 – – – – – – 1907–08 Pittsburgh Bankers World Pro. Series – – – – – 1 0 0 0 – 1908–09 Pittsburgh Lyceum WPHL 8 3 0 3 – – – – – – 1908–09 Brantford Indians OPHL 15 17 0 17 52 – – – – – 1910 Haileybury Comets NHA 12 9 0 9 43 – – – – – 1912–13 Toronto Tecumsehs NHA 20 11 0 11 48 – – – – – 1913–14 New Westminster Royals PCHA 10 5 3 8 18 – – – – – 1914–15 Portland Rosebuds PCHA 18 16 8 24 43 – – – – – NHA totals 32 20 0 20 91 – – – – – PCHA totals 28 21 11 32 61 – – – – –
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Who was Arthur Throop?
Canadian ice hockey player
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Arthur Throop was born on 19 August 1884 in Ottawa.
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Arthur Throop died on 24 June 1973 in Haileybury, Ontario, Ontario.
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Arthur Throop was an ice hockey player.
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