Peter Patton
Major Bethune Minet "Peter" Patton ( born March 5, 1876 in London, † 1939 in Tiverton ) was a British ice hockey player ( defense / gate) and functionary.
Career
Peter Patton was one of the most influential personalities of hockey both in the UK, as well as at European level. Along with Canadian immigrants in 1903, he established the first ice hockey league in Europe. This consisted of five teams. The Princes Ice Hockey Club, whose captain he was, he took part in many international tournaments at the beginning of the 20th century. With the British national team, he participated in the European Championships in 1910, where he won with the UK, the first national tournament in the history of hockey. In addition, he performed with the England team in a series of friendly matches against the national team of Scotland. When LIHG Championship in 1913, he finished with the UK in second place. Patton, who normally ran aground as a defender, stood at the Olympic Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix on the position as Hockey goalie as a replacement available, but was ultimately not used. His active career he finished only in 1930 at the age of 54 years.
Patton 1908 was crucial in the establishment of international Ligue de hockey sur glace ( LIHG ), now the International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ), involved. In the years 1910/11, 1912/13 and 1923/24, he worked respectively as Vice President of the Association. In 1914, he was also briefly the president. From 1914 to 1934 he was also the first president of the British Ice Hockey Association. In the 1930s, he was some time vice-president of hockey clubs from Streatham and Wembley.
Main job was Patton, son of Brigadier-General, a professional soldier. During World War II he fought among others from September 1914 to May 1916 in France. Later he was assigned to serve in the Serbian army, from which he was awarded the Order of the White Eagle. In 1921, he finally retired from the military.
According to him, the Patton Cup was named, a trophy that is passed annually to the winner of the game between the men's ice hockey teams of the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. In addition, the same trophy for the British Masters in 1930 was named took him.