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Harvey Sproule
F. Harvey Sproule (January 12, 1883 – July 9, 1959) was a Canadian hockey player, National Hockey League coach, owner, executive, and referee, as well as a curler, journalist, and race horse owner.
From Milton, Ontario, where he attended school, Sproule was a competitive cyclist and played amateur hockey in his hometown. Records show Sproule lived with his Uncle John Head and his wife Mary Elizabeth Sproule in Milton as young as age 8 in 1891.
Sproule's uncle, John Head, had been a Milton town councillor, and a business merchant in Milton since at least 1881, selling men's and women's clothing, before getting a customs job in Toronto and moving there with the family in the mid-1890s. In 1901, Sproule and his sister were still living with their Uncle John Head and his wife Mary in west Toronto. In 1905, Sproule's sister Mildred died at age 20 at their uncle's home.
While in Toronto, Sproule played for the Toronto Old Orchard and the Toronto Rowing Club hockey teams. He then became involved in team management as coach and manager of the Toronto Victorias and Toronto Crescents.
Sproule was related to William Kingston Flesher (June 10, 1825 – July 22, 1907), a settler of southwestern Ontario, a militia officer, businessman and political figure. As well as founding the village of Flesherton, he represented the riding of Grey East in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1872 to 1878.
Flesher's son-in-law was Thomas Simpson Sproule, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada and Canadian Senator.
For many years, Sproule was a referee in the Ontario Hockey Association. In 1913, the Toronto Canoe Club selected Sproule to officiate the city's championship game.
On January 22, 1914, he was the referee for one of the wildest games in OUA league history in when spectators in Collingwood, Ontario, rioted, came onto the ice and threatened and assaulted Sproule. J. Ross Robertson issued a warning to Collingwood following the incident that another similar instance would result in a ban to the town and the rink.
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Harvey Sproule
F. Harvey Sproule (January 12, 1883 – July 9, 1959) was a Canadian hockey player, National Hockey League coach, owner, executive, and referee, as well as a curler, journalist, and race horse owner.
From Milton, Ontario, where he attended school, Sproule was a competitive cyclist and played amateur hockey in his hometown. Records show Sproule lived with his Uncle John Head and his wife Mary Elizabeth Sproule in Milton as young as age 8 in 1891.
Sproule's uncle, John Head, had been a Milton town councillor, and a business merchant in Milton since at least 1881, selling men's and women's clothing, before getting a customs job in Toronto and moving there with the family in the mid-1890s. In 1901, Sproule and his sister were still living with their Uncle John Head and his wife Mary in west Toronto. In 1905, Sproule's sister Mildred died at age 20 at their uncle's home.
While in Toronto, Sproule played for the Toronto Old Orchard and the Toronto Rowing Club hockey teams. He then became involved in team management as coach and manager of the Toronto Victorias and Toronto Crescents.
Sproule was related to William Kingston Flesher (June 10, 1825 – July 22, 1907), a settler of southwestern Ontario, a militia officer, businessman and political figure. As well as founding the village of Flesherton, he represented the riding of Grey East in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1872 to 1878.
Flesher's son-in-law was Thomas Simpson Sproule, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada and Canadian Senator.
For many years, Sproule was a referee in the Ontario Hockey Association. In 1913, the Toronto Canoe Club selected Sproule to officiate the city's championship game.
On January 22, 1914, he was the referee for one of the wildest games in OUA league history in when spectators in Collingwood, Ontario, rioted, came onto the ice and threatened and assaulted Sproule. J. Ross Robertson issued a warning to Collingwood following the incident that another similar instance would result in a ban to the town and the rink.