Donald Stewart "Hammy" Gillespie (August 23, 1898 – January 6, 1973) was a Canadian professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player. He played for the

Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Commo ...

in the

Western Canada Hockey League The Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), founded in 1921, was a major professional ice hockey league originally based in the prairies of Canada. It was renamed the Western Hockey League (WHL) in 1925 and disbanded in 1926. The WCHL's Victoria C ...

in the 1921–22 season. Previously, he also played with Selkirk of the

Manitoba Hockey Association The Manitoba Hockey Association (MHA) was an early men's senior ice hockey league playing around 1900 in Manitoba, Canada. The league started as an elite amateur league in 1892, became professional in 1905, had a professional and an amateur leagu ...

. He died suddenly at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1973. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the same city."Deaths", ''Winnipeg Free Press'', Wednesday, January 10, 1973, pg. 36, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gillespie, Hammy 1898 births 1973 deaths Edmonton Eskimos (ice hockey) players Ice hockey people from Winnipeg Canadian ice hockey defencemen