Hugh Farquharson
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Hugh Miller Farquharson (November 4, 1911 – March 27, 1985) was a Canadian
ice hockey
player who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics
.
Although Farquharson was a member of the Royal Montreal Hockey Club, the Canadian ice hockey selection committee for the 1936 Winter Olympics chose to add him (along with teammates David Neville and Ralph St. Germain
) to join the Port Arthur Bearcats
to represent Canada
in ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics
. Farquharson was Team Canada's leading scorer with 11 goals to help Canada win the silver Olympic medal.
In 1987 he was inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
as a member of that Olympic team, and he was made a member of the McGill Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics
1936 Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin...
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Although Farquharson was a member of the Royal Montreal Hockey Club, the Canadian ice hockey selection committee for the 1936 Winter Olympics chose to add him (along with teammates David Neville and Ralph St. Germain
Ralph St. Germain
Ralph E. Saint Germain was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics.Although St...
) to join the Port Arthur Bearcats
Port Arthur Bearcats
The Port Arthur Bearcats were an amateur men's senior ice hockey team based in Port Arthur, Ontario . Port Arthur were champions Canadian Amateur Hockey Association four times, and were chosen once to represent Canada as the Canada national men's ice hockey team at international competitions...
to represent Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
in ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics
At the 1936 Winter Olympics, Great Britain won the men's ice hockey competition. While only one player on the team was born in Canada, nine of the thirteen players on the roster grew up in Canada, and eleven had played previously in Canada.-Medalists:...
. Farquharson was Team Canada's leading scorer with 11 goals to help Canada win the silver Olympic medal.
In 1987 he was inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
The Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, established in 1978 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, is dedicated to the people of Northwestern Ontario who have achieved greatness in any kind of sport....
as a member of that Olympic team, and he was made a member of the McGill Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.