John Joseph Marks (February 8, 1882 – August 19, 1945) was a

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professional

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player who played professional ice hockey from 1906 until 1920, including 2 seasons in the

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for the

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, Torontos and

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. He won 2

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s with the

in 1912 and 1913. He also won a third Stanley Cup with Toronto in 1918. He was born in

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Playing career

Marks began intermediate level play for Belleville of the

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(OHA) in 1899. He would play for Belleville for four seasons until 1904. He was suspended for a year in 1903 for playing professional baseball in 1902. When the

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(FAHL) started in 1904, he joined the Brockville team for two seasons. At the end of 1906, he signed up for New Glasgow's Stanley Cup challenge. For the 1907 season, he became a professional with the Canadian Soo team of the

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(IPHL). In the 1907–08 hockey season, he started with the

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of the

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, and jumped after three games to Brantford of the

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(OPHL), eventually playing in the Toronto PHC's Stanley Cup challenge. Jack Marks All-Montreal

He played for Brantford in 1909, and jumped to the ill-fated Canadian Hockey Association (CHA) for four games with the

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, returning to Brantford after the CHA demise. In 1911, he played again in the United States, playing a season of exhibition for a Chicago professional team which was attempting to start professional hockey in Chicago. In 1911, he returned to Canada, to join the

of the

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, playing six seasons of the club, winners of the Stanley Cup in 1912 and 1913. When Quebec did not play in the NHL's first season of 1917–18, he was drafted to the

from Quebec for the start of the inaugural

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. After the Wanderers folded, he was assigned to the Canadiens, but was loaned to the Toronto club, winning the 1918 Stanley Cup. He did not play in 1918–19, but attempted a comeback in the 1919–20 season when Quebec AC activated a team in the NHL, playing only one further game.

1909 train accident

During the 1908–09 season, while with the

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of the OPHL, Marks and the Indians were involved in a train accident outside of

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on January 14, 1909 where Marks suffered season ending injuries (broken arm and fractured ribs) when the rear coach of the

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passenger train they were traveling with ran into a ditch and overturned."Hockey team in a wreck"
''Ottawa Journal''. Jan. 15, 1909 (p. 9). Retrieved 2020-07-31.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

;General references *

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marks, Jack 1882 births 1945 deaths Canadian ice hockey right wingers Ice hockey people from Ontario Montreal Wanderers (NHL) players Montreal Wanderers players Pittsburgh Lyceum (ice hockey) players Quebec Bulldogs (NHA) players Quebec Bulldogs players Sault Ste. Marie Marlboros players Sportspeople from Brantford Stanley Cup champions Toronto Arenas players