Leth Graham

Leth Graham
Graham with the Ottawa Stars lacrosse team
around 1912
Born (1894-10-10)October 10, 1894
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died January 18, 1944(1944-01-18) (aged 49)
Wrightville, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Ottawa Stewartons
Ottawa Senators
Hamilton Tigers
Playing career 1913–1926

Andrew Letham Graham (October 10, 1894 – January 18, 1944) was a Canadian ice hockey player. Graham played left wing for six seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators and Hamilton Tigers. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He won the Stanley Cup with Ottawa in 1921 and retired in 1925. He also appeared in the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals with the Ottawa Hockey Club against the Vancouver Millionaires, a losing effort.

Life outside of hockey career

Graham participated in World War I and did not play any competitive hockey between the 1915–16 and 1919–20 seasons. While serving in Europe he was exposed to poison gas which permanently affected his physical condition and his level of play.[1]

On July 2, 1939, Graham was seriously injured with severe lacerations to his scalp when his car flew over a fence and turned over in a ditch in a single-vehicle accident in Ottawa.[2] He died less than five years later on January 18, 1944, of a sudden heart attack in Wrightville, Quebec while sitting in the grill room of the Regal Hotel, St. Joseph's Boulevard.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1909–10 Hull Excelsiors H-OHL 5 4 0 4 — — — — — —
1910–11 Ottawa New Edinburghs IPAHU 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
1910–11 Ottawa Stewartons OCHL 5 2 0 2 3 — — — — —
1911–12 Ottawa Stewartons IPAHU 8 8 0 8 6 — — — — —
1912–13 Ottawa Stewartons IPAHU 7 7 0 7 18 — — — — —
1913–14 Ottawa Senators NHA 17 1 1 2 2 — — — — —
1914–15 Ottawa Senators NHA 17 9 3 12 34 5 1 0 1 —
1920–21 Ottawa Senators NHL 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1921–22 Ottawa Senators NHL 1 2 0 2 0 — — — — —
1922–23 Hamilton Tigers NHL 5 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
1923–24 Ottawa Senators NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1924–25 Ottawa Senators NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
NHL totals 26 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0

References

Notes

  1. ^ The Regina Morning Leader, December 12, 1921, pg. 10
  2. ^ "Leth Graham is injured in spectacular car crash": The Ottawa Journal, July 3, 1939, pg. 7
  3. ^ "A. Letham Graham former professional hockey player dies": The Ottawa Journal, January 19, 1944, pg. 19