Charles Ramsay, sometimes spelled Charles Ramsey, was an
American
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amateur and professional
ice hockey
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player and coach.
Ramsay was a star in Europe, particularly France, in the 1930s when a new arena-based ice rink, coupled with aggressive marketing by future Boxing Hall of Fame promoter Jeff Dickson, made the sport a popular novelty in Paris.
Ramsay was also a teacher of the game and, in addition to coaching many Parisian youth players of the era, authored a 1933 instructional book simply called ''Le hockey sur glace'' (''Ice Hockey''). It has been credited as the first book devoted entirely to the sport to be published in France.
International play
Ramsay captained the
United States national team
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World Championship
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. He led the team in scoring with 5 goals in 6 games.
Legacy
For his contributions to French hockey, the
Charles Ramsay Trophy The Charles Ramsay Trophy (french: Trophée Charles Ramsay) has been awarded since 1978 to the top scorer in the Ligue Magnus. It is named after American player Charles Ramsay (ice hockey), Charles Ramsay, a French league star in the 1930s, and the ...
, awarded to the top point scorer in the
French league The French League (: "French League for purging, mutual aid and European collaboration") was a collaborationist French movement founded by Pierre Costantini in September 1940. Its journal was entitled '' L'Appel''.
Bibliography
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, was named after him.
Ramsay was inducted into the
French Ice Hockey Hall of Fame The French Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, was founded in 2008 by the French Ice Hockey Federation, in the commune of Chamonix, on the occasion of the centenary of the French Championship.