New York Wanderers

New York Wanderers
City New York City, New York
 USA
League American Amateur Hockey League, 1903–1905
1907–1910
1911–12
1913–14
Colors Red, Green, Blue, White[1]
                   
New York Wanderers in 1904.

The New York Wanderers was an amateur ice hockey team from New York City. The New York Wanderers played seven seasons in the American Amateur Hockey League between 1903 and 1914 and won the championship title in 1903–04.[2]

Sprague Cleghorn, inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958, and his brother Odie Cleghorn played for the New York Wanderers in the 1909–10 season. Cooper Smeaton (referee-in-chief in the NHL from 1917 until 1937 and a Hockey Hall of Fame member) was also a member of the 1909–10 Wanderers team.

John McGrath, secretary and political advisor to Theodore Roosevelt between 1912–1916, was a member of the club in 1911–12.

1896 Stanley Cup champion (with the Winnipeg Victorias) Tom Howard played with the Wanderers in 1903–04 & 1904–05 and helped the team win a league championship title in 1904.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "New York A.C. wins in rough hockey" New York Times, January 8, 1910.
  2. ↑ Spalding's official ice hockey guide 1918 at archive.org
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