{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Sammy Rothschild.jpg | image_size = 185px | caption = Rothschild with the Montreal Maroons | played_for = '''''NHL''''' <br> Montreal Maroons <br> Pittsburgh Pirates <br> New York Americans | position = Left wing | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 6 | weight_lb = 145 | birth_date = {{birth date|1899|10|16|mf=y}} | birth_place = Sudbury, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1987|4|15|1899|10|16|mf=y}} | death_place = Sudbury, Ontario, Canada | career_start = 1924 | career_end = 1928 }}

'''Samuel "Sam" Rothschild''' (October 16, 1899 &ndash; April 15, 1987) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 102 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). Rothschild was the first Jewish player in the NHL.<ref name="oja">{{cite web |url=http://www.ontariojewisharchives.org/exhibits/osjc/communities/sudbury/community/sports.html |title=Ontario Jewish Communities: Sudbury - Sports |publisher=Ontario Jewish Archives|accessdate=January 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ocIKAQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Sam+Rothschild%22+jewish+hockey&pg=PA74 The Big Book of Hockey for Kids – Eric Zweig – Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He played for the Montreal Maroons, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Americans. He was the last surviving member of the 1926 Stanley Cup champion Maroons.

==Early life== Rothschild was born in Sudbury, Ontario, to Daniel and Annie Rothschild, the city's first Jewish settlers.<ref name=gshm>[http://www.sudburymuseums.ca/index.cfm?app=w_vmuseum&lang=en&currID=1646&parID=1595 Sam Rothschild] at Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums.</ref> Daniel Rothschild was a merchant in the city, whose retail and office property is listed on the city's register of historic properties.<ref name=jewisharchives>[http://www.ontariojewisharchives.org/exhibits/osjc/communities/sudbury/earlycommunity/ Early Community History: Sudbury, First Jewish Settlers]. Ontario Jewish Archives.</ref>

==Playing career== Rothschild played hockey in the Montreal area for Montreal Harmonia, McGill University, and the Montreal Stars before returning home to play for the junior Sudbury Wolves in 1919. He played the next four seasons with the senior Sudbury Wolves before joining the expansion Montreal Maroons in 1924, becoming the first Jewish player in the NHL.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&dq=%22Sam+Rothschild%22+jewish+hockey&pg=PA290 Day by Day in Jewish Sports History – Bob Wechsler – Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He played three seasons with the Maroons before being sold to the Pirates in 1927.<ref name="globe-suspend">{{cite news |work=The Globe |date=December 30, 1927 |title=Unconditional Release of Sammy Rothschild |page=13}}</ref> He finished the 1927–28 season with the New York Americans after being suspended by the Pirates in December 1927.<ref name="globe-suspend"/><ref>{{cite news |work=The Globe |date=January 6, 1928 |title=Sammy Rothschild Goes To New York Americans |page=6}}</ref> It was his last season in the NHL.

==Post-NHL career== Following his retirement from the NHL Rothschild took up coaching, and coached the junior Sudbury Wolves to the 1932 Memorial Cup championship. He married Eva Yackman in 1933.<ref name=gshm />

He was also a prominent supporter of curling in the city, including stints as president of the Northern Ontario Curling Association and the Canadian Curling Association from 1957 to 1958, and securing the city's status as host city of the 1953 Brier.<ref name=gshm /> He was later inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame.<ref name=gshm />

As well, he served for two years on Sudbury's city council.<ref name=gshm /> He died at a hospital in Sudbury on April 15, 1987.<ref>DEATHS The Globe and Mail (1936-Current); Apr 18, 1987; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail pg. A12</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1915–16 | Sudbury Midgets | NOHA | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1916–17 | Montreal Harmonia | QAAA | 9 || 16 || 0 || 16 || — | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1917–18 | Montreal 65th Regiment | MCHL | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1917–18 | Montreal Vickers | MCHL | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1918–19 | Montreal Vickers | MCHL | 1 || 5 || 0 || 5 || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1918–19 | Montreal Stars | MCHL | 5 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1919–20 | Sudbury Cub Wolves | NOJHA | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1920–21 | Sudbury Wolves | NOHA | 9 || 10 || 2 || 12 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1921–22 | Sudbury Wolves | NOHA | 6 || 5 || 5 || 10 || 3 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1922–23 | Sudbury Wolves | NOHA | 7 || 6 || 4 || 10 || 22 | 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 |- | 1923–24 | Sudbury Wolves | NOHA | — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1924–25 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 28 || 5 || 4 || 9 || 5 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1925–26 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 33 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 8 | 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1925–26 | Montreal Maroons | St-Cup | — || — || — || — || — | 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 1926–27 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 22 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 8 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1927–28 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NHL | 12 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1927–28 | New York Americans | NHL | 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 100 !! 8 !! 6 !! 14 !! 25 ! 6 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |}

==See also== *List of select Jewish ice hockey players

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