Peter Patton
Olympic athlete
1876 – 1939
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Who was Peter Patton?
Major Bethune Minet "Peter" Patton was an ice hockey player and administrator. He is credited with bringing ice hockey to Britain and helping to spread the sport to Europe. He was a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation in 1908 and was the inaugural president of the British Ice Hockey Association in 1914. He is a member of both the IIHF Hall of Fame and the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.
Patton had a public school education at Winchester and Wellington and he is believed to have learned to skate whilst holidaying in Switzerland.
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- Born
- Mar 5, 1876
London - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Lived in
- London
- Died
- 1939
Tiverton, Devon
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on July 23, 2013
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