Alexander Robertson "Duke" Wellington (August 4, 1891 – September 20, 1967)Hockey deaths - September 1967
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player. Wellington played senior ice hockey and one game in the

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for the

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during the

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. Wellington played junior hockey with the Port Arthur YMCA, moving up to senior hockey with the Port Arthur Stingrays in 1911. He continued in the Thunder Bay Senior League until 1915 when he played for St. Paul of the USAHA and seven games for Pittsburgh Duquesne Garden. Wellington moved to New York City in 1916, but was ruled ineligible to play there as a non-resident. The following season he played for the

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of the USNHL. He played one game as a free agent for Quebec of the NHL in 1919–20, playing against the

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on January 10, 1920, but returned to New Larochelle-New York of the USAHA for the rest of the season. In 1920–21, he split his final season between the

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and New Larochelle.

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