Joseph Patrick
Joseph Patrick (August 4, 1857 – January 28, 1941) was a Canadian businessman who helped start the Pacific Coast Hockey Association with his sons Lester and Frank. Patrick came up with the idea to put numbers on ice hockey players' uniforms.
Biography
Patrick was born in
In 1887, Patrick bought a general store with his cousin.[5] They sold the store five years later, and Patrick used the money to form a lumber company.[6] In 1907, he started Patrick Lumber Company in Nelson, British Columbia.[7] In 1911, he sold the company for $440,000. Lester and Frank wanted to start a new ice hockey league, and the money was used to build artificial ice rinks for the league in Vancouver and Victoria. They were the first artificial ice rinks in Canada.[8][9][10] Patrick and his family moved to Victoria in 1912, when the new league, the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, began play.[11][12] His sons made several innovations in ice hockey during this time, and Patrick came up with the idea to put numbers on the players' uniforms.[13] The PCHA continued to operate until 1924.[14]
In his later years, Patrick kept active in the community in Victoria and was an alderman.[15] He died in Vancouver in 1941.[16] In 1998, he was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame. He was the fifth member of his family to be inducted, after Lester, Frank, and his grandsons, Lynn and Muzz.[17]
References
- ^ "Joseph Patrick". familysearch.org. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- ^ Whitehead, pp. 9–10.
- ^ Whitehead, p. 2.
- ^ Vogel, Mike. "The Patrick Heritage". nhl.com. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- ^ Whitehead, p. 11.
- ^ Whitehead, p. 12.
- ^ Whitehead, p. 40.
- ^ Whitehead, pp. 92–93.
- ^ Hiam, p. 51.
- ^ "Craig Slow to Equate Family Greatness". The Montreal Gazette. February 13, 1975.
- ^ Whitehead, p. 97.
- ^ Whitehead, p. 107.
- ^ Whitehead, p. 127.
- ^ Whitehead, p. 143.
- ^ Whitehead, p. 146.
- ^ Whitehead, p. 228.
- ^ "Joseph Patrick"[usurped]. bcsportshalloffame.com. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
Bibliography
- Hiam, C. Michael (2011). Eddie Shore and That Old-Time Hockey.
- Whitehead, Eric (1980). The Patricks: Hockey's Royal Family.