Frank Sheppard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian ice hockey player
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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Frank Sheppard
- Joseph Francis Xavier Shepard (October 5, 1905 – February 20, 1996) was a professional ice hockey player who played eight games in the National Hockey League.
- Born in Montreal, Quebec, he played with the Detroit Cougars (later known as the Red Wings).
- He was the younger brother of Johnny Sheppard.
- The obituary in the Vancouver Sun issue date February 22, 1996 states he was born on October 5, 1905, not October 19, 1905. After his hockey career, Shepard worked as a real estate agent, however soon after the death of his wife in 1953, he quit his job and became homeless and addicted to alcohol, "bounc[ing] in and out of beer parlours and construction camps".
- In 1966, he was arrested and given a suspended sentence for begging on the streets of Vancouver.
- One Shepard's sons, James Frank (Jim) Shepard (born 1939) is the former chief executive officer of machinery company Finning, and forestry product company Canfor.
- He was also an economic advisor to British Columbia Premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark.
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