Edgar Ernest Dey (April 30, 1883 – February 13, 1912) was an early amateur and professional

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player and an athlete in

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. 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 Dey's Arena, also known as Dey Brothers Rink, Dey's Skating Rink and The Arena, were a series of ice rinks and arenas located in Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Otta ...

businesses in Ottawa.

Playing career

Born in

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to a prominent sports and boat-building family Dey played junior hockey for the

Ottawa Aberdeens The Ottawa Aberdeens (or Aberdeen Hockey Club) were an amateur ice hockey team from Ottawa that played in various junior, intermediate and senior amateur leagues from the 1890s to the 1910s. Between 1915–1919 the club figured in the Ottawa C ...

in 1900, moving up to the intermediate-level for the two following seasons. Edgar started his senior ice hockey career with the

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of the

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(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

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with the

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and

Pittsburgh Bankers The Pittsburgh Bankers were one of the earliest professional ice hockey clubs. The club was based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was a member of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, the first league to openly hire hockey players, from 1899–1 ...

of the

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. In one of the first known trades involving professional hockey players, the Pittsburgh Pirates sent James MacKay, Dey and Dunc Taylor to the Bankers for Joseph Donnelly and Bert Bennett. In 1909, he returned home to play for the 1909

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champion

Ottawa Hockey Club Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of ...

. He played one season for Haileybury of the

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(NHA) in 1910. In 1911, he played for Waterloo of the

Ontario Professional Hockey League The Ontario Professional Hockey League (OPHL), sometimes referred to as the Trolley League, and also known as the Canadian Hockey League in its time, was a professional ice hockey league in Canada. It was a fully professional league and consisted ...

. In 1912, he moved to Halifax,

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to play for the Halifax Socials of the

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(MPHL). In a January 5, 1912 MPHL game between the Halifax Socials and

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Dey struck opponent player

Patsy Séguin Joseph Alexandre "Patsy" Séguin (May 2, 1887 – August 8, 1918) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played two games with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey Association in the inaugural 1910 season, and scored one goal ...

with his stick and was arrested for assault by Halifax police. Dey was charged with "inflicting grievous bodily harm" and released on a $200 bail. On January 10 he was fined $50 by Halifax magistrate's court for the incident. In February 1912, Dey was hit on the chest while playing a match in

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. He experienced pain on the return to Halifax. Upon arrival he checked into hospital and had a couple of chest surgeries over the next few days. On February 13 Dey died from his injury."Ottawa hockey player dies at the infirmary"
''The Evening Mail''. February 14, 1912 (pg. 8). Retrieved April 20, 2022. His body was returned by train for burial in Ottawa.

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Ottawa hockey team, Stanley Cup holders, World Champions, 1909 (HS85-10-20618)

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