Allan Nelson Loney (May 3, 1885 – March 2, 1965) was a Canadian

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player from the

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town of Maxville. He was the only son of Ephram Allen Loney and Jerusha Ann Adams of Maxville. Loney was the first hockey player to be charged with murder for the death of another player, after he clubbed

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to death during a game on February 24, 1905. Loney claimed self-defence. The charges were reduced to

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, and he was subsequently acquitted. He died on March 2, 1965, in

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, Alberta, where he had worked as a

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employee.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Loney, Allan 1885 births 1965 deaths Canadian ice hockey defencemen Sportspeople from Parry Sound, Ontario Sportspeople from Ontario People acquitted of manslaughter

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