David Gordon Gilmour (December 11, 1881 – September 27, 1932) was a

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amateur

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player for the

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in the pre-NHL years. He was a member of the ''Silver Seven'' era winning the Stanley Cup in 1903. His brothers Suddy Gilmour and Billy Gilmour also played for Ottawa at the same time. He later became a prominent Ottawa businessman in the lumber industry.

Career

As a youth, Gilmour played several sports. He played ice hockey for the junior

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before joining the senior Ottawa Hockey Club in 1897. He did not become a regular player until several years later and even then, being a centre had to share ice time with Frank McGee.

Personal life

Born on December 11, 1881, in Ottawa, Gilmour was one of four sons of five children born to Mr. and Mrs. John Gilmour. The other children were Bill, Sutherland (Suddy), Ward and his sister Gilbert. Gilmour attended

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. The family business was lumber, and Gilmour owned a retail and wholesale lumber firm D.G. Gilmour and Company. His father was a partner in Gilmour and Highson Lumber. Gilmour married Roma King, daughter of Supreme Court justice

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. They had three children: daughters Hope and Vale and son John. Gilmour died of natural causes while on a hunting trip near Mullin's Lake north of Ottawa in

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. Gilmour is buried at Beechwood Cemetery.

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* 1881 births 1932 deaths Canadian ice hockey centres Ice hockey people from Ontario Ottawa Senators (original) players Stanley Cup champions {{Canada-icehockey-centre-1880s-stub