Arthur Farrell

For other people named Arthur Farrell, see Arthur Farrell (disambiguation).

Art Farrell
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1965
Born	(1877-02-08)February 8, 1877 Montreal, QC, CAN
Died	February 7, 1909(1909-02-07) (aged 31) Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, QC, Canada
Position	Forward
Played for	Montreal Shamrocks
Playing career	1893–1900

Arthur "Art" Farrell (February 8, 1877 – February 7, 1909) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Farrell played for McGill University in the 1890s and later the Montreal Shamrocks in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Farrell helped lead the Shamrocks to Stanley Cup victories in 1899 and 1900.

He wrote the first ever book on hockey, Hockey: Canada's Royal Winter Game, published in 1899 and of which only four remaining copies are known to exist in the world. He went on to write two "how-to" books on hockey: Ice hockey and ice polo guide of 1901-1904 and How to play Ice Hockey, published in 1907.

Farrell fell ill with tuberculosis in 1906, and entered the sanatorium in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, where he died in 1909. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1965, along with his teammate Fred Scanlan, as a player.

References

• Hockey Hall of Fame (2003). Honoured Members: Hockey Hall of Fame. Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing. ISBN 1-55168-239-7. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

• "Arthur Farrell". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
• Arthur Farrell biography at Legends of Hockey
• Arthur Farrell at Find a Grave
• Read Hockey: Canada'a Royal Winter Game online at Library and Archives Canada