HOCKEY NOTES

Harry Mummery (Mum)  

Defense

5-11 258

b. Aug 1889 Chicago, Illinois
d. 7 Dec 1945

This friendly giant broke into organized hockey in 1910 with the Manitoba league's Brandon club. After a year with the Moose Jaw Canadians, Harold Mummery joined the Quebec Bulldogs, for whom he played most of his career.

Mummery was huge, weighing about 220 pounds at the beginning of his career. By the time he retired in 1923, he was said to weigh as much as 265. Despite his size, he was apparently a "one-man power play" and moved with surprising speed. After gaining the puck, Mummery would rumble down the ice, brushing aside would-be checkers with his long, salami-thick arms. Then, if he got close enough, he would send a heavy shot in on the goalie.

In 213 top-level regular-season contests, Mummery scored 59 goals, a respectable total for a defenseman. He played on three league champions, and his name was inscribed on the Stanley Cup twice.

Mummery was one of the more colorful figures in pre-modern hockey. He was certainly one of the most prodigious eaters the sport has ever seen. His food bills (paid for by his team) were enormous and, if the stories are to be believed, he could down a couple of five-pound steaks, quaff a huge mug of cream, scoff a whole apple pie ... then go right out and play 40+ minutes of hockey!

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