Harry Cameron, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian ice hockey defenceman
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Place of Birth: Ontario, Canada
About Harry Cameron
- Harold Hugh Cameron (February 6, 1890 – October 20, 1953) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played professionally for the Toronto Blueshirts, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators, Toronto St.
- Pats and Montreal Canadiens.
- Cameron won three Stanley Cups in his career: his first as a member of the 1913–14 Toronto Blueshirts, his second as a member of the 1917–18 Blueshirts (Arenas) and his third as a member of the 1921–22 Toronto St.
- Pats (all predecessor clubs of the Toronto Maple Leafs). Cameron was considered one of the first great rushing and scoring defencemen.
- He scored 88 goals in 121 games in the NHL.
- He was also famous for his "curved shot" similar to that of today's curved hockey sticks.
- Cameron was the first player in NHL history to achieve what was later called a "Gordie Howe hat trick", doing so on December 26, 1917 during a 7-5 defeat of the Montreal Canadiens.
- In later years, he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia where he resided when he died in 1953.
- He was inducted posthumously into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963.
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