Edgar Dey

Edgar Dey
Born	(1883-05-01)May 1, 1883 Ottawa, ON, CAN
Died	February 13, 1912(1912-02-13) (aged 28) Halifax, NS, CAN
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shot	Right
Played for	MHA: Portage Plains Cities WPHL: Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Bankers ECHA: Ottawa Hockey Club NHA: Haileybury Hockey Club OPHL: Waterloo Colts MPHL: Halifax Crescents
Playing career	1906–1912

Edgar Dey, at bottom left, with the 1909 Ottawa Hockey Club.

Edgar Ernest Dey (May 1, 1883 – February 13, 1912) was an early amateur and professional ice hockey player, who may have been involved in the first trade involving professional hockey players, and an athlete in canoeing. A member of the Dey family of Ottawa, known for canoe building, athletics and arena operation, he died in 1912 from an injury while playing hockey. He was a canoeing champion of Canada. His father, Frank Edgar Dey, was a co-owner of the Dey boat-building and Dey's Arena businesses in Ottawa.

Playing career

Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Dey played junior hockey for the Ottawa Aberdeens in 1900, moving up to the intermediate-level for two following seasons. Edgar started his senior ice hockey career with the Ottawa Capitals of the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL) in 1904. He then moved out west to play in the Manitoba league, becoming a professional player in 1906. In 1907, he returned east to play in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Pittsburgh Bankers of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League. In what might have been the first trade involving professional hockey players, the Pittsburgh Pirates sent James MacKay, Dey and Dunc Taylor to the Bankers for Joseph Donnelly, Clint Bennest and a player named "McGuire" on January 28, 1908.^[1] In 1909, he returned home to play for the 1909 Stanley Cup champion Ottawa Hockey Club. He played one season for Haileybury of the National Hockey Association (NHA) in 1910. In 1911, he played for Waterloo of the Ontario Professional Hockey League. In 1912, he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia to play for the Halifax Crescents of the Maritime Professional Hockey League (MPHL).

In February 1912, Dey was hit on the chest while playing a match in New Glasgow. He experienced pain on the return to Halifax. Upon arrival he checked into hospital and had a couple chest surgeries over the next few days. On February 13 Dey died from his injury. His body was returned by train for burial in Ottawa.

Career statistics

See also

• Ted Dey
• William Dey

References

• "Edgar Dey, Hockey Player, Dead.". New York Times. February 14, 1912. Retrieved 2008-08-07.