Frank McGee (ice hockey)

Frank McGee
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1945
McGee in 1914
Born	(1882-11-04)November 4, 1882 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died	September 16, 1916(1916-09-16) (aged 33) Courcelette, France
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position	Centre / Rover
Shot	Left
Played for	Ottawa Hockey Club
Playing career	1903–1906

Francis Clarence McGee (November 4, 1882 – September 16, 1916) was a Canadian ice hockey player for the Ottawa Hockey Club (also known as the Silver Seven) between 1903 and 1906. He played as a centre and as a rover.^[a] He was also a civil servant for the government of Canada and later became a lieutenant in the Canadian Army.

McGee was known as "One-Eyed" Frank McGee because he was blind in one eye due to a hockey injury. After missing two years of play because of the injury, he joined the senior Ottawa team in 1903. A well-known player of his era for his prolific scoring, McGee once scored 14 goals in a Stanley Cup game and scored five goals or more in a game on eight other occasions. Despite a brief senior career—only 45 games over four seasons—he helped Ottawa win and retain the Stanley Cup title from 1903 to 1906.

After his hockey career ended, McGee worked for the Department of Indian Affairs in the Canadian federal government. During the First World War, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and died in battle in France in 1916. When the Hockey Hall of Fame was founded in 1945, McGee was in the first class of inductees.

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