Harold McNamara

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{for|the American astronomer|D. Harold McNamara}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Harold McNamara, Cobalt Silver Kings.jpg | image_size = 230px | position = Defence | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 190 | played_for = Canadian Soo Michigan Soo Indians Edmonton HC Toronto Pro HC Waterloo Colts Cobalt Silver Kings Renfrew Creamery Kings Toronto Ontarios Montreal Canadiens | ntl_team = | birth_date = {{birth date|1888|10|3|mf=y}} | birth_place = Randolph, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1937|8|27|1888|10|3|mf=y}} | death_place = Lima, Peru | career_start = 1908 | career_end = 1917 }} '''Harold Joseph "Hal" McNamara''' (October 3, 1888 – August 27, 1937) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, playing as a defenceman. He had two professional ice hockey playing brothers in George and Howard. Born in Randolph, Ontario he lived until 1937 before dying in Peru.

==Playing career== He started as a professional with the Canadian Soo Algonquins of the International Hockey League in 1905–06. He later played for the Edmonton HC of the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association; the Toronto Pro HC and Waterloo Colts of the Ontario Professional Hockey League; and the Cobalt Silver Kings, Renfrew Creamery Kings, Toronto Ontarios and Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey Association before retiring in 1917.

===1908 Stanley Cup challenge=== McNamara was one of the Edmonton Hockey Club's 'ringers' who played in an unsuccessful Stanley Cup challenge against the Montreal Wanderers in December 1908.<ref>Coleman(1966), pg. 175</ref>

===Later career=== McNamara was hired to manage the Halifax Crescents of the Maritime Professional Hockey League for the 1913–14 season.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Gazette|location=Montreal |title=Harold McNamara Here |date=December 22, 1913 |page=18}}</ref>

He died in Lima, Peru in 1937 following a brief illness. He had been engaged in construction work in the Peruvian capital city for two years prior to falling ill.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gXgtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ypgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6605%2C3413652 "J. H. McNamara, 49, Dead in Lima, Peru – Noted Hockey Player Was Widely Known in Sport World"] ''The Gazette'' (Montreal). August 30, 1937 (pg. 9). Retrieved 2020-10-27.</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} ;General *{{cite book |title=The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.1 1893–1926 inc. |last=Coleman |first=Charles L. |year=1966 |publisher=National Hockey League }}

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