Arthur "Art" Egerton Sixsmith (June 27, 1880–March 15, 1969) was a Canadian

Canada

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 professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 rover and businessman. He played for the Ottawa Hockey Club and later moved to Pittsburgh and to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba

Portage la Prairie, Manitoba

-Transportation:Portage la Prairie railway station is served by Via Rail with both The Canadian and Winnipeg – Churchill trains calling at the station....

 to play professionally. He was one of the first professional ice hockey players. He was a member of the Ottawa 1901 CAHL champions and championship teams in the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League

Western Pennsylvania Hockey League

The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League , was a semi-professional ice hockey league from the early 1900s. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the league was the pre-eminent ice hockey league at the time in the United States...

 (WPHL). His brother Garnet Sixsmith

Garnet Sixsmith

Garnet Sixsmith was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played professionally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1902 until 1910. He was one of the first professional ice hockey players. His brother Arthur Sixsmith also played professional ice hockey.-Career:Born in Ottawa, Ontario,...

 also played professionally in Pittsburgh.

Career

Born in Ottawa

Ottawa

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, Canada

Canada

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, Sixsmith first played senior hockey at the age of 15 with the Ottawa Cliffsides

Ottawa Cliffsides

The Ottawa Cliffsides were a senior ice hockey team that played in the Inter-Provincial Amateur Hockey Union from 1908-1911.They were the first winner of the Allan Cup in 1909 when the cup was given to the winner of the Inter-provincial Hockey League...

 of the Ottawa City Hockey League

Ottawa City Hockey League

The Ottawa City Hockey League was an amateur ice hockey league with junior, intermediate and senior level men's teams in Ottawa, Canada dating from 1890. It is considered the second ice hockey league to form in Canada. The senior league operated until 1945 and the junior league operated until 1957...

. He played junior hockey until 1899 when he joined the Ottawa Hockey Club, playing two seasons for the club, scoring seven goals in nine games. He also played for Ottawa's second team and intermediate hockey. In 1901, he moved to Pittsburgh, turning professional with the Pittsburgh Keystones

Pittsburgh Keystones (hockey team)

The Pittsburgh Keystones were a Pittsburgh ice hockey club that consisted of a group of local men from Western University and Carnegie Tech during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Keystones began as an amateur hockey team which played on Saturday afternoons at the Schenley Park Casino...

 of the WPHL. He was one of the founders of the League association. He played two seasons with the Pittsburgh Victorias

Pittsburgh Victorias

The Pittsburgh Victorias were an ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and were members of the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League. The team lasted until 1904, when the WPHL disbanded its teams to form the Pittsburgh Pros. In the 1902 the WPHL became the first professional ice hockey...

 of the WPHL before joining the Pittsburgh Pros of the International Professional Hockey League

International Professional Hockey League

The International Professional Hockey League was the first fully professional ice hockey league, operating from 1904 to 1907. It was formed by Jack 'Doc' Gibson, a dentist who played hockey throughout Ontario before settling in Houghton, Michigan. The IPHL was a five team circuit which included...

 (IHL) for two seasons. In 1906, he moved to Portage la Prairie to play for the Portage Cities of the Manitoba Professional Hockey League (MPHL), returning to Pittsburgh the following season with the Pittsburgh Bankers

Pittsburgh Bankers

The Pittsburgh Bankers were a Pittsburgh hockey club that consisted of a group of local men from Pittsburgh that were employeed by local banks during the early 1900s. The Bankers began as the amateur Banker's League. The league later merged into one team which became members of the Western...

 of the revived WPHL for two further seasons. In 1909, he played several games with the Cities before retiring from competitive play. He became a long-time coach in the Pittsburgh area.

Following his hockey career he went into the banking industry working his way up the corporate ladder in Mellon Banking to become Andrew W. Mellon

Andrew W. Mellon

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's personal assistant. He held this position during Mr. Mellon's tenure working for U.S. Presidents: Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

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, Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

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 and Warren G. Harding

Warren G. Harding

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. During this time he amassed a personal fortune of over ten million dollars only to lose it in the stock market crash of 1929. He retired to Florida

Florida

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, later lived with a son in Cheyenne, Wyoming

Cheyenne, Wyoming

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 and died in Titusville, Florida

Titusville, Florida

Titusville is a city in Brevard County, Florida in the United States. It is the county seat of Brevard County. Nicknamed Space City, USA, Titusville is on the Indian River, west of Merritt Island and the Kennedy Space Center and south-southwest of the Canaveral National Seashore...

in 1969.