About Dave Gill
Lived 1886 – 1959 (aged 72–73). Dave Gill was a coach and coach (ice hockey), known for Ottawa Senators (original) and Ottawa and District Amateur Hockey Association.
David Norman Gill (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, 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.
Gill was president of the Ottawa Rough Riders from 1954 to 1955.
He died of heart problems on March 30, 1959.
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Who was Dave Gill?
Canadian ice hockey coach
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Dave Gill was born in 1886 in Grenville.
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Dave Gill died on 30 March 1959 in Ottawa.
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Dave Gill was a coach and coach (ice hockey).
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Dave Gill was known for Ottawa Senators (original) and Ottawa and District Amateur Hockey Association.
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