Francis Moore (ice hockey)

Francis William "Dinty" Moore (October 29, 1900 – January 21, 1976) was a Canadian goaltender who competed in ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics. He was born in Port Colborne, Ontario and died in Morgan's Point, Ontario.

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Team Competition

Moore was a member of the 1936 Port Arthur Bearcats, which won the silver medal for Canada at the 1936 Winter Olympics.[1] Following the Olympics, he played one season in the OHA Senior A League with the Toronto Goodyears.

Moore was president of the Ontario Hockey Association from 1942 through 1945.[2] He was made a lifetime member of the Ontario Hockey Association in 1962.[3]

Since 1976, the F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy has been given annually to the Ontario Hockey League rookie goaltender with the best regular season goals against average.[4]

In 1987, Moore was inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the 1936 Olympic team.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2010-09-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Young, Scott (1989). 100 Years of Dropping the Puck. Toronto, Ontario: McClelland & Stewart Inc. pp. 194-200. ISBN 0-7710-9093-5.
  3. "OHA Life Members". Ontario Hockey Association. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  4. "OHL Awards". Ontario Hockey League. Canadian Hockey League. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
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