Chaloner Caffyn | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 April 1891 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died |
28 March 1917 (aged 25) Avesnes-le-Comte, France |
Chaloner McCrae Humphrey Mannington Caffyn (28 April 1891 – 28 March 1917) was an English professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the English national team.[1]
Personal life[]
Born in Australia, Caffyn grew up in Portsmouth and was educated at Cheltenham College.[1] He trained as an engineer at the University of Zurich and worked at the Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company in Birmingham.[1] On 14 September 1914, a month after the outbreak of the First World War, Caffyn was commissioned into the East Surrey Regiment as a second lieutenant.[1] He served with the regiment on the Western Front for 18 months before being seconded to the Royal Flying Corps.[1] Lieutenant Caffyn was killed on 28 March 1917 flying Nieuport Scout A.6673 when the aircraft's wings collapsed over Avesnes-le-Comte.[1][2] He was buried at the Avesnes-le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension.[3] His elder brother Harold had been killed in Hainaut two years earlier.[4]
Career statistics[]
International career[]
| Regular season | Goal statistics | Playoffs | Goal statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | Competition | GP | W | L | T | SO | Min | GA | GAA | PIM | GP | W | L | T | SO | Min | GA | GAA | PIM | ||||
| 1912–13 | England | Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace[1] | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 3 | 0.75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| International career totals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 3 | 0.75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Chaloner Caffyn - Profile". http://www.sihrhockey.org/__a/members/profile.cfm?id=212504.
- ↑ Kilduff, Peter (October 19, 2014). Billy Bishop VC Lone Wolf Hunter: The RAF Ace Re-Examined. London: Grub Street. pp. 65. ISBN 978-1-909808-13-3. OCLC 895882900. https://books.google.com/books?id=7jV1CQAAQBAJ.
- ↑ "Casualty Details: Chaloner McCrae Caffyn". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/75344/.
- ↑ "Casualty Details: Harold Hunt Caffyn". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1641365/.
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