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Inducted in 1993 as a member of
the 1936 Great Britain Olympic Championship team. Born
July 24th, 1911 in Calgary, Gordon Dailley graduated from the
University of Manitoba, and was destined to become a star of pre-war
hockey in Britain as well as a member of the 1936 Olympic gold medal
winning team. Dailley came to Britain, in 1933, by working his passage
across the Atlantic on a cattle boat and donned ice skates to play for
the Grosvenor House Canadians. The following year, he moved across
London to play out of the newly opened Wembley Arena, firstly for the
Canadians, then with the Lions from 1935-37 and finally with the
Monarchs, as captain until the outbreak of war. After
the ’36 Olympics Dailley, solid defenceman captained Great Britain to
a third European gold medal in the 1938 championships staged in Prague,
and followed that up by leading the side that competed in the World
Championships in Berlin a year later. In all, he represented his adopted
country, having qualified by residence, in five World Championship
tournaments and recorded 16 goals and 5 assists. Joining
the Canadian army, Dailley excelled in the military, rising to then rank
of Major. He went on to serve with the United Nations peace-keeping
force in Korea and was promoted to Colonel in 1955 and was subsequently
posted to Yugoslavia as Canada’s military attaché. Prior to his
retirement, he commanded the military base at Gagetown in New Brunswick. Gordon
Dailley died on May 3rd, 1989 in Cambridge Ontario, in his
native Canada aged 77. Compiled with research, provided by Martin C.Harris – March 1990 |
