Charlie_Uksila

Charlie Uksila

Charlie Uksila

American hockey player


Charles Uksila, Jr. (October 12, 1887 – March 4, 1964) was an American professional hockey player. He played for the Portland Rosebuds and Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He was a native of Calumet, Michigan, where he started his hockey career. Prior to playing with Portland, he was a member of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. He was a member of the Rosebuds team that played the Montreal Canadiens in the 1916 Stanley Cup Finals.[2]

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Uksila retired from professional hockey after the 1918–19 season, and then worked as a fancy skating instructor at the Connaught Skating Club in Vancouver.[3] He also toured in Australia where he performed as a figure skater alongside his sister in Sydney and Melbourne.[4]

He died in Mountain View, California,[5][6] in 1964. He was of Finnish descent.[7]


References

  • Sproule, Bill (December 2021). "Charles Uksila: From the Copper Country to the Ice Capades". The Hockey Research Journal. 22. Society for International Hockey Research.

Citations

  1. The Sunday Oregonian, Dec. 5 1915, pg. 4
  2. "Former Portland Hockey Player Is Now an Instructor" Oregon Daily Journal. Oct. 21, 1921. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  3. "Charlie Uksila back from the antipodes" Vancouver Sun. Oct. 22, 1920 (pg. 4). Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  4. "Ex-Ice Capades Stage Manager Dies at 76". The Peninsula Times Tribune. Palo Alto, CA. March 5, 1964. p. 2. Retrieved January 20, 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. "Uksila". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, BC. March 9, 1964. p. 29. Retrieved January 21, 2023 via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. "Charles W UKSILA". Legends of Australian Ice. Retrieved March 15, 2017.

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