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Inducted in 1993 as a member of the 1936 Great Britain
Olympic Championship team. Goaltender
Art Child was born in 1916 in East Ham, London and as a child was raised
in Canada after his family emigrated at the end of the Great War. As a
youngster, he played between the pipes for Guelph City, and became an
outstanding minor league netminder before returning to Britain in 1935
joining the Wembley Lions. Child spent a season with the Earls Court
Rangers before returning to Wembley as back-up goalie for the Monarchs
until the spring of 1940. Although
a member of the ’36 gold medal winning team, Art Child was unlucky to
sit the entire tournament on the bench due to the brilliance of first
choice – Jimmy Foster. In
1941, Art Child moved back to Canada to become Director of Marketing for
the American Can Company, whilst enjoying a ten-year career and seven
Ontario championships playing for the Hamilton Tigers. He then founded
his own company and went on to become a Member of Parliament. The
last survivor of that glorious team of 1936, Art Child died in 1996 aged
80, while playing golf in Canada. Compiled
with research, provided by
Martin C.Harris – July 1998. |
