NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Alex Romeril

Alexander Edward Romeril (c.1893 - May 17, 1968) was a Canadian amateur hockey player, football player, National Hockey League referee, and the first coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... NHL redirects here. ... The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Romeril played junior hockey with the Toronto Canoe Club, winning the Ontario Hockey Association championship in 1912 with Romeril playing rover. He was offered $70 a week to turn professional with the Toronto Blue Shirts in 1912-13, but declined and played for the TCC senior team. During the First World War, Romeril played senior hockey with the Winnipeg 61st Battalion, winning the Allan Cup in 1916. A typical OHL hockey game. ... In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ice hockey consisted of seven positions. ... The Toronto Hockey Club, known as the Torontos and the Toronto Blue Shirts were a professional National Hockey Association team that played in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded to the national senior (21 and over) amateur menâ€™s hockey champions of Canada. ...

After the war, Romeril played left wing for the senior OHA team from the Toronto Granite Club, called the Toronto Granites. Led by centre Harry Watson, the Granites won the Allan Cup in 1922 and 1923 (Romeril was injured and couldn't play in the 1923 series). In 1923-24, Romeril played for Toronto Aura Lee, and then played for the Parkdale Canoe Club team in 1924-25. The Senior A team that represented Canada in the 1924 Olympics. ... The Toronto Aura Lee Hockey Club operated a pair of junior and a senior ice hockey teams in the Ontario Hockey Association from 1916 to 1926. ...

At the same time, Romeril was playing football before the start of hockey season for the Toronto Argonauts. He played from 1920 to 1922 and then returned to manage the team in 1924. The Toronto Argonauts are a Canadian Football League team based in Toronto, Ontario. ...

In February 1927, Romeril was named head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League after the Toronto St. Patricks were acquired by a group headed by Conn Smythe and renamed the Maple Leafs. He coached the team through the rest of the 1926-27 season. Romeril then became an NHL referee until retiring in 1934. The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The Toronto Maple Leafs are a National Hockey League team based in Toronto, Ontario. ... Constantine Falkland Kerry Smythe (b. ...

He was also a strong golfer, competing in Toronto-area tournaments and serving as captain at the Rosedale Golf Club.

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