Jack Arbour
Jack Albert Arbour ( born March 7, 1898 in Waubaushene, Ontario, † September 24, 1973 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach, who played from 1926 to 1929 for the Detroit Cougars and Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. His older brother Ty was also an NHL player.
Career
Jack Arbour began his career as a hockey player in the Western Canada Hockey League, where he played from 1921 to 1923 for two years for the Calgary Tigers. Then he stood for a year at the Seattle Metropolitans of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association under contract, before he returned for the 1924/25 season for the Tigers.
During the season 1926/27, sat Arbour with ice hockey from, was then but sold before the season 1926/27, to the newly founded Detroit Cougars for which in 37 games, scoring five points scorer in his first season in the National Hockey League, including four gates. Nevertheless, he had at their damaligem farm team from the Canadian Professional Hockey League, the Detroit Olympics, spending the next year.
On April 8, 1928 Arbour was released to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Jimmy Herberts. In addition, Detroit had $ 12.500 to pay for this transfer. After a goal in ten appearances for the Maple Leafs Toronto sold the defender on the London Panthers from the Can- Pro, but only a month later it was sold again, this time at the Windsor Bulldogs, for which he on the following five seasons until 1933 the ice was - first in the Can- Pro, later in the International Hockey League.
After two seasons in the Northwest Hockey League for the Seattle Seahawks and the Portland Buckaroos, he played in the Pacific Coast Hockey League. He initially served another year for Portland on the ice, which was changed in the PCHL, then he was three seasons long for the Spokane Clippers active, where he ended his career.
Following his active career as a player Arbour worked in the season 1936/37, for the first time as player-coach for the Spokane Clippers from the PCHL. Subsequently, he was from 1947 to 1949 with the Calgary Stampeders of the Western Canada Senior Hockey League employed for one season as coach and assistant coach. His coaching career ended, the Canadian 1950/51 as head coach of the Calgary Buffaloes of the Western Hockey League.