Clarence Campbell poses with the Stanley Cup in 1957.

Clarence Sutherland Campbell (July 9, 1905 - June 24, 1984) was a former National Hockey League President (1946-1977). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (760x750, 101 KB) Summary Author:Chris Lund Description:Clarence Campbell, President of National Hockey League and Stanley Cup Date: 1957, Montreal, Quebec Source:National Film Board of Canada. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (760x750, 101 KB) Summary Author:Chris Lund Description:Clarence Campbell, President of National Hockey League and Stanley Cup Date: 1957, Montreal, Quebec Source:National Film Board of Canada. ... Stanley Cup on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame The Stanley Cup, originally called the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, is awarded each year by the National Hockey League to the champion of its playoff tournament. ... July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Hockey League President was the highest executive official from the leagues inception in 1917 until 1993 when it was replaced by NHL Commissioner. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

Born in Fleming, Saskatchewan, Campbell graduated from the University of Alberta with a degree in law and arts in 1924 and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. The University of Alberta is situated along the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River in the heart of the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rhodes House in Oxford Rhodes Scholarships were created by Cecil John Rhodes. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...

Campbell started in the NHL as a referee in 1933 and refereed until 1939. He refereed some historic games, such as the game in 1937 when the great Howie Morenz's career was ended when he broke his leg,an injury that led to his death. Campbell even refereed a rough playoff game between the Montreal Maroons and the Boston Bruins in which Dit Clapper used his stick on a player. Angry at Clapper's actions, he called Clapper a profane name, which brought a powerful punch from the hardrock defenceman that knocked Campbell to the ice. Campbell, aware of his provocative action, then submitted a very lenient report on Clapper, and NHL president Frank Calder gave Clapper only a fine as a result. Howard William Howie Morenz also nicknamed the Mitchell Meteor (June 21, 1902-March 8, 1937 in Mitchell, Ontario, Canada) was a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. ...

Referees tend to blow a few calls, and Campbell was no exception. But Campbell made the mistake of blowing a call in 1939 when refereeing a game involving Toronto when defenceman Red Horner was struck with a stick and Campbell doled out only a minor penalty, despite Horner bleeding. It was then that Conn Smythe called for Campbell not to be rehired, and the league agreed. Constantine Falkland Kerry Smythe (b. ...

Frank Calder decided to let Campbell work in his office after the career as a referee, and it was becoming evident that Calder was grooming a successor as NHL president. But World War II broke out and Campbell enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, and after the war, was part of the Queen's Counsel,and was one of the prosecutors at the Nuremburg Trials of leading Nazis who were put on trial for crimes against humanity. See also Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician Frank Calder (November 17, 1877-February 4, 1943) was the first NHL President (1917-1943). ... The armed forces of a state are its government sponsored defense and fighting forces and organizations. ... The Nuremberg Trials is the general name for two sets of trials of Nazis involved in World War II and the Holocaust. ...

Meanwhile, Frank Calder had died and with Campbell overseas, the NHL named Red Dutton president. But Dutton didn't want the job and when Campbell finally came back to Canada in 1946, Dutton resigned and Campbell accepted the presidency. He was certainly qualified for it with his experience in law and in hockey.One of his first acts of authority was in 1948, when he had to expel players Billy Taylor and Don Gallinger from the NHL for betting on games.

As NHL President, Campbell is perhaps best remembered for suspending Montreal Canadiens superstar Maurice Richard for the remaining three games of the 1955 regular season and for the entirety of the playoffs. His action came as a result of Richard's punching of linesman Cliff Thompson during a March 13 game with the Boston Bruins (Thompson was trying to break up a fight between Richard and Boston's Hal Laycoe). On March 17, Campbell attended a game at the Montreal Forum between the Canadiens and the Detroit Red Wings. Throughout the first period he was taunted and pelted with debris by outraged Montreal fans, who saw him as a prime example of the city's English-Canadian elite oppressing the French-Canadian majority. After a tear gas bomb was released in the arena, Campbell exited the building, the game was forfeited to the Red Wings, and the Forum was evacuated. What ensued was a full-fledged riot in which 60 people were arrested and $500,000 in damage was done (see the "Richard Riot" section of the Maurice Richard article for more details). The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team, the oldest established National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, and one of the most successful clubs in all of North American sports history. ... The Honourable Maurice Rocket Richard Joseph-Henri-Maurice Rocket Richard PC, CC, OQ (born August 4, 1921 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, died May 27, 2000 in Montreal, Quebec) was a professional ice hockey player, and played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1942 to 1960. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... The Montreal Forum was an indoor arena located in Montreal, Canada. ... The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). ... English Canada is a term used to describe either: the anglophone residents of Canada or the Canadian provinces other than Quebec and, sometimes, New Brunswick, in which French is an official language of the provincial governments. ... French Canadian or Canadiens historically refers to inhabitants of Canada who can trace their ancestry to the original French settlers of what is now the Province of Quebec. ... A riot control agent is a type of lachrymatory agent (or lacrimatory agent). ... Riots occur when crowds of people have gathered and are committing crimes or acts of violence usually due to a perceived grievance or out of dissent. ...

Campbell was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1966. He was instrumental in the expansion of 1967 expansion where the league doubled in size. He kept the league alive when the World Hockey Association raided the NHL,and often worked 18 hours a day at his office. The Hockey Hall of Fame in a former bank building The Stanley Cup on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame The Hockey Hall of Fame, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, celebrates the history of ice hockey, with exhibits featuring memorabilia and NHL trophies (including the Stanley Cup) along with... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

In 1976,he was charged with bribing an airline executive. He was convicted, but served little time because of his age.

Campbell was a sick man by the time he retired as NHL president in 1977. He spent the last years of his life plagued with respiratory ailments, and died on June 24th,1984

The NHL also named one of its two conferences after him (now known as the Western Conference), and even today the trophy given to the Western Conference champion in the Stanley Cup playoffs is named the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl. Stanley Cup on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame The Stanley Cup, originally called the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, is awarded each year by the National Hockey League to the champion of its playoff tournament. ... Clarence S. Campbell Bowl at the Hockey Hall of Fame The Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, or the Campbell Trophy, is a National Hockey League trophy awarded to the Western Conference playoff champions. ...