Walter Miller (ice hockey)

Walter "Gid" Miller (September 25, 1887 December 19, 1959) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played with the Montreal Wanderers and Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey Association.[1] He appeared in 10 games for the Canadiens in the 1912–13 and 1913–14 seasons, and two games for the Senators in the 1913–14 season.

Walter Miller
Born (1887-09-25)September 25, 1887
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Died December 19, 1959(1959-12-19) (aged 72)
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Montreal Wanderers
Ottawa Senators
Playing career 19061914

During the 1908–09 season, while with the Brantford Indians of the OPHL, Miller and the Indians were involved in a train accident outside of Guelph on January 14, 1909 where Miller suffered a season ending hand injury (cut off finger) when the rear coach of the Grand Trunk Railway passenger train they were traveling with ran into a ditch and overturned.[2]

References

  1. SIHR – Player List sihrhockey.org
  2. "Hockey team in a wreck" Ottawa Journal. Jan. 15, 1909 (p. 9). Retrieved 2020-07-31.


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