John "Jack" Kerr was a
Canadian
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ice hockey
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player and athlete. He was one of the founders of the
Ottawa Hockey Club for which he played from 1883 onwards. He was a member of the Ontario championship team in 1891, 1892, 1893 and the Canadian championship team of 1892. He played the forward position.
Hockey career
Along with
Halder Kirby
Halder Smith Kirby (October 3, 1863 – July 12, 1924) was a Canadian ice hockey
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, Kerr was visiting Montreal during the 1883 Montreal Winter Carnival where he witnessed games of the outdoor hockey tournament. According to the ''Ottawa Citizen'', one said to the other "that we could beat those fellows" and the other agreed. The two, upon their return to Ottawa, organized the Ottawa Hockey Club along with
Frank Jenkins.
Kerr would play with Ottawa until the 1893 season, winning several Ottawa and Ontario championships and winning the Canadian championship in 1892. Kerr is also credited with manufacturing the first rubber hockey puck in Ottawa.
He died in 1933 in Ottawa and was interred at
Beechwood Cemetery
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.
[Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947]
See also
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Ottawa Hockey Club
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Rideau Skating Rink
The Rideau Skating Rink was an indoor skating and curling facility located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Consisting of a curling rink and a skating rink, it was one of the first indoor rinks in Canada. The Rideau Rink was scheduled to open on Janu ...
References
Sportspeople from Ottawa
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Ottawa Senators (original) players
1863 births
1933 deaths
Canadian ice hockey forwards
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