Allan Loney | |||
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Born |
Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada | May 3, 1885||
Died |
March 2, 1965 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | (aged 79)||
Position | Cover point | ||
Played for | Maxville Hockey Club |
Allan Nelson Loney (May 3, 1885 – March 2, 1965) was a Canadian ice hockey player from the Ontario town of Maxville. He was the only son of Ephram Allen Loney and Jerusha Ann Adams of Maxville. [1]
Loney was the first hockey player to be charged with murder for the death of another player, after he clubbed Alcide Laurin to death during a game on February 24, 1905. Loney claimed self-defence. The charges were reduced to manslaughter, and he was subsequently acquitted. [2] He died on March 2, 1965, in Edmonton, Alberta, where he had worked as a Canadian National Railway employee. [3]
Allan Loney | |||
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Born |
Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada | May 3, 1885||
Died |
March 2, 1965 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | (aged 79)||
Position | Cover point | ||
Played for | Maxville Hockey Club |
Allan Nelson Loney (May 3, 1885 – March 2, 1965) was a Canadian ice hockey player from the Ontario town of Maxville. He was the only son of Ephram Allen Loney and Jerusha Ann Adams of Maxville. [1]
Loney was the first hockey player to be charged with murder for the death of another player, after he clubbed Alcide Laurin to death during a game on February 24, 1905. Loney claimed self-defence. The charges were reduced to manslaughter, and he was subsequently acquitted. [2] He died on March 2, 1965, in Edmonton, Alberta, where he had worked as a Canadian National Railway employee. [3]