John Patrick "Jack, Doctor" Brannen (September 13, 1874 – October 25, 1964) was a Canadian amateur

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player who was active in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Brannen played as a

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, a position between defense and attack, for the

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in the AHAC and CAHL between 1896 and 1901. He won two

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s with the Shamrocks, in 1899 and 1900. Brannen also played with the Shamrocks in a Stanley Cup challenge series in 1901, but the team lost to the

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. Brannen was born in Kenmore,

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in 1874. After his career in ice hockey he moved to northern

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where he worked as a medical doctor, though he occasionally acted as an umpire at hockey games in

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. He died in 1964, 90 years old.

Playing style

Jack Brannen was noted for his speed, which made him suitable for the free roaming

position, and occasionally competed in speed skating events. In 1900 he won a 220-yard race in Montreal against some of the best speed skaters in the world, among them Norwegian

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and American world titleholder Morris Wood."Turning back hockey's pages"
D. A. L. MacDonald, ''The Montreal Gazette'', March 20, 1934. On the Montreal Shamrocks team Brannen played on a forward line with

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and

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, all three of whom later on were inducted into the

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Statistics

''Statistics per SIHR at sihrhockey.org''

References

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brannen, Jack 1874 births 1964 deaths Canadian ice hockey players Ice hockey people from Ontario Montreal Shamrocks players Stanley Cup champions Canadian male speed skaters