Doc Kellough | |||||||||
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Born | Thorold McDiarmid Kellough 9 March 1894
Lanark, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||
Died | 1957
Kensington, London, England | (aged 62–63)||||||||
Occupation(s) | Medical doctor, ice hockey player | ||||||||
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Thorold McDiarmid "Doc" Kellough (9 March 1894, Lanark—late 1957, Kensington) was a medical doctor and an early ice hockey player in the UK. He is considered a pioneer in promoting hockey and finding talent in the UK. [1] [2] [3] He was inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1950. [1]
Kellough was the first captain of the Grosvenor House Canadians and played in the English National League. He helped establish the Hammersmith club and played in 1929-30 in their inaugural season. In 1934, he joined the Queens Ice Hockey Club in Queensway, London before retiring from active play in 1935. [1] From there, he organized a number of friendlies for the Queens organisation [2] [1] and worked as an "honorary medical officer" at Wembley Arena and Empress Hall prior to World War II. This earned him the nickname "Doc". [1] [2]