Nicholas John Bawlf (January 8, 1884 – June 6, 1947) was a

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player, ice hockey coach, soccer coach, and

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coach. He played in the

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(NHA) for the

Haileybury Comets The Haileybury Hockey Club (also known as the ''Haileybury Comets'' or ''Haileybury Miners'') of Haileybury, Ontario, was a professional ice hockey club established in 1906. The team is notable for being a founding member of the National Hockey Ass ...

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and

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Playing career

Born in

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, Bawlf first played senior amateur hockey for Winnipeg of the Manitoba Senior Hockey League in 1903. In 1905, he moved to

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to study at

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, playing for three seasons with the College. He contracted

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in 1907 and did not play that season. He became a professional with Haileybury in 1910. He played two seasons for the club, the first in the NHA and the second in the

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(TPHL) after the club left the NHA. In 1911–12, he played for Fort William of the Northern Ontario Hockey League, before returning to the NHA with the Toronto Shamrocks. He was released in mid-season from the Shamrocks and joined the Canadiens. The following season he joined the Wanderers before leaving to enlist in the army. After his time in the army ended, he became coach at

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. In 1920, he joined

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where he coached until 1947. Bawlf also coached the Cornell lacrosse team from 1920 until 1939. He was the coach of Cornell soccer from 1920 to 1946. His cousin

Billy Bawlf William Richard Bawlf (January 17, 1881 – January 6, 1972) was a Canadians, Canadian ice hockey player in the early 1900s. At the time of the 1911 Canadian Census, he was married to Mary Ada Bawlf, and had three children, Nicholas William, Ro ...

was also a hockey player and was a member of the 1901 Stanley Cup winning

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team, although he did not play in the challenge series on January 29 and 31 against the

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(4-3, 2-1). Nick Bawlf died in

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, on June 6, 1947, after a long illness.

College head coaching record

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