Allan Loney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Allan Loney

Canadian ice hockey player

Date of Birth: 03-May-1885

Place of Birth: Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 02-Mar-1965

Profession: ice hockey player

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Allan Loney

  • Allan Nelson Loney (May 3, 1885 – March 2, 1965) was an ice hockey player from the Ontario town of Maxville.
  • He was the first hockey player to be charged with murder for the death of another player, after he clubbed Alcide Laurin to death during a game on February 24, 1905.
  • He was the only son of Ephram Allen Loney and Jerusha Ann Adams of Maxville.Loney claimed self-defence.
  • The charges were reduced to manslaughter, and he was subsequently acquitted.
  • He died on March 2, 1965, in Edmonton, Alberta, where he had worked as a Canadian National Railway employee.

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