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  Sprague Cleghorn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sprague Horace "Peg" Cleghorn, (Born - March 11, 1890, in Montreal, Quebec, - Died - July 12, 1956, in Montreal, Quebec), was a Canadian Professional Hockey player who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Wanderers, Toronto St. Pats, Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins and Ottawa Senators.
Cleghorn was hit by a car in early June 1956, and died of his injuries at Montreal's St. Luc Hospital on July 12, 1956.
Sprague Cleghorn's brother, Odie Cleghorn, was found dead in his bed just hours before the funeral, as a result of heart failure, perhaps induced by the stress of the loss of his brother.
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 Montreal Wanderers (1909-1918)
Buoyed by Sprague Cleghorn's impressive 21 goals, the Wanderers had a solid season posting a 14-6 record to finish in a flat-footed tie for the Ottawa Senators for first place.
Injuries would limit Sprague Cleghorn to 8 games, while Harry Hyland began to show the effects of age scoring fewer goals then games played for the first time in his career, as the Wanderers struggled finishing in 4th place with a disappointing record of 10-14.
Things would only get worse as Sprague Cleghorn broke his leg late in the season, as his brother Odie scored an impressive 28 goals, to be the only Wanderers to top 20 goals on the season.
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 Hockey Forums - All-Time Goons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Cleghorn is the other defenseman on the list, and like Shore, was a great and brutal player.
His career was dotted by cross-checks to the head and face, spearings, kneeings, butt-ends, running opponent's faces into the boards, as well as administering some of the worst beatings in the league, which is saying something for hockey in the 1920s.
Cleghorn was both one of the dirtiest and most skilled players of the 1910s and 20s.
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 Hockey
Cleghorn happened to be one of these players and was assigned to Hamilton.
Cleghorn on the other hand was a rough player that got in countless fights, and was almost suspended that year on account of his rough play.
Odie Cleghorn would be the playing manager for the Pirates, whose players mainly were from the United States Amateur League.
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 Untitled Document
In the first half Sprague Cleghorn jabbed his stick in Jackson's neck, but he paid for this as Jackson swung at him and cut his head.
Later the Cleghorns tried to do up Liffiton and were put out of the game.
Liffiton has been playing hockey here for several years and he is noted for his clean play and ability to keep out of any roughness." The Cleghorns, also from Montreal, would eventually play in the National Hockey League and be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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 Quotes on tough guys C - hockeyfights.com forums
Sprague was one of the best as well as one of the roughest players the game has ever known.
Sprague Cleghorn once hit Eddie Gerard across the throat with his stick and Gerard lost his voice forever.
Cleghorn was a tough customer, and he was a big man too.
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 Hockey - The Early Days
Canadien teammates Newsy Lalonde and Odie Cleghorn finished 1st and 2nd in scoring with 23 goals and 33 points, and 21 goals and 27 points respectively.
Cleghorn's trade to Montreal was interesting in that Cully Wilson went from Montreal to Hamilton as part of the deal.
Cleghorn and Boucher were also outstanding defensive defensemen as were Burt Corbeau, Eddie Girard, Joe Hall, Art Duncan and Herb Gardiner.
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 Bob Boucher Profile - Page 1
He then bounced between 5 teams in the next 4 seasons in the WHL, Can-Pro and the Can-Am hockey leagues, and had his best season with the London Panthers in 1926-27, marking 8 goals and 2 assists and a career high 39 penalty minutes.
His last season was with Sprague Cleghorn's Newark Bulldogs, with which he played only 5 games, presumably because the long illness began to hinder his performance.
After retiring from hockey, Bobby was a referee for the Ottawa Valley Hockey League, and had a daughter with his wife Kay Wilson.
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 Hockey Hall of Fame - Stanley Cup Journals: 09
In 1924, the Montreal Canadiens were going to the home of their coach, Leo Dandurand, after their Stanley Cup win against the Calgary Tigers.
The car, packed with exuberant victors like Howie Morenz, Aurel Joliat and brothers Sprague and Odie Cleghorn, got a flat tire, and the players poured out of the car to fix it.
When they reached the Dandurand home, the celebrations continued until one of the players, likely Sprague Cleghorn, asked where the Stanly Cup was.
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 Renfrew Ontario - Birthplace of the NHL
As his career penalty minutes statistic shows, Renfrew Millionaire forward Sprague Cleghorn was a strong, tough player.
Along with his brother Ogilvie, he joined the team for the 1910-11 season enticed by a large salary offer.
Cleghorn reputedly brawled his way through every game, not afraid to fight any member of the opposition team.
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 New Jersey Devils/Pittsburgh Penguins NHL recap on ESPN
The Devils, who equaled the biggest offensive outburst in team history, did a lot of laughing after a historic triumph that was also a solid two-way win.
McKay and Madden became the first teammates to score four in a game since Odie Cleghorn and Sprague Cleghorn did it for Montreal in a 10-6 win over the Hamilton Tigers on Jan. 14, 1922.
It wasn't Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier with Edmonton or Guy Lafleur and Steve Shutt with Montreal, or even Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr with Pittsburgh.
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 «1998 Past Entries»
He eventually met and married my Grandmother and they moved to her hometown of Stockton, Cal. My family moved from the San Joaquin Valley to the San Francisco penninsula in the early 60s where we continued to live through the 70s, the end of which the family "scattered" to several different locations.
I believe there is a family connection to 'Odie' and Sprague Cleghorn who played hockey for the Montreal Canadiens in the '20s.
Sprague is in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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 World Wide Hall of Fame
We firmed up the committee with the addition of Lloyd Davis, who proved to be a very valuable asset to the committee.
For Odie Cleghorn, Hugh Lehman and Harry Holmes, they were on their last ballot as a Honoured Player.
If they did not get elected in 1947, they would have to be elected as an Oldtimer.
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 Casino online portal | information about Casino online | Sprague_Cleghorn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Sprague Horace "Peg" Cleghorn, (March 11, 1890, Montreal, PQ, - July 12, 1956, Montreal, PQ), was a skilled ice hockey player for teams in the National Hockey League (NHL) and CAHL who turned in a Hall of Fame career but was widely regarded as one of the dirtiest players of his era.
Sprague Cleghorn was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958.
List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame
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 Hexapedia - Sprague Cleghorn (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Sprague Horace "Peg" Cleghorn, (March 11, 1890, Montreal, PQ, - July 12, 1956, Montreal, PQ), was a professional ice hockey player for teams in the NHL and CAHL.
Just before the start of the 1921/22 season, Sprague and teammate Billy Coutu were traded to the Hamilton Tigers as part of the NHL's first multi-player trade.
Cleghorn was hit by a car in early June 1956.
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 NHL's top dynasties - The Orange Mane - a Denver Broncos Fan Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Forwards Mark Messier, Jari Kurri and Glenn Anderson played on all five Stanley Cup winners as did defensemen Kevin Lowe, Charlie Huddy and Dr. Randy Gregg.
The Ottawa Senators of the early 1920s were led by Frank Nighbor, Jack Darragh, Eddie Gerard, Punch Broadbent, Sprague Cleghorn, Buck Boucher and Cy Denneny with Clint Benedict in net.
Jack MacKell played two years, won two Stanley Cups and retired.
www.orangemane.com /BB/showthread.php?t=26197   (1242 words)

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