Francis William "Dinty" Moore (October 29, 1900 – January 21, 1976) was a Canadian goaltender who competed in

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. He was born in

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and died in Morgan's Point, Ontario. Moore was a 1920 Memorial Cup Champion goalie with the Toronto Canoe Club Paddlers of the Ontario Hockey Association. He was a member of the 1936

Port Arthur Bearcats The Port Arthur Bearcats (Bear Cats) were a senior amateur ice hockey team based in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada – now part of the city of Thunder Bay – from the early 1900s until 1970. Before settling on the nickname of Bear ...

, which won the silver medal for Canada at the 1936 Winter Olympics. Following the Olympics, he played one season in the OHA Senior A League with the Toronto Goodyears. Moore was president of the

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from 1942 through 1945. He was made a lifetime member of the Ontario Hockey Association in 1962. Since 1976, the F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy has been given annually to the

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rookie goaltender with the best regular season goals against average. In 1987, Moore was inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the 1936 Olympic team.

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1900 births 1976 deaths 20th-century Canadian sportsmen Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Ice hockey people from Ontario Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Canada Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Canada Ontario Hockey Association executives People from Port Colborne Sportspeople from the Regional Municipality of Niagara {{Canada-icehockey-bio-stub