Gordon McLean Simpson (May 10, 1928 – July 11, 2019) was a Canadian

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player. As a

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, he played with the

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for 14 years. He was born in

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. The

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merged the

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into the Maroons in 1965, and Simpson continued as coach. Father David Bauer, who had founded the national team, continued as its manager and saw the merger as the beginning of a truly national team based in the geographic centre of the country.

Awards and achievements

Allan Cup The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the senior ice hockey champions of Canada. It was donated by Sir Montagu Allan of Ravenscrag, Montreal, and has been competed for since 1909. It was most recently won by the Wentworth Gryphins ...

Championship (1964) *"Honoured Member" of the

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References

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Gord Simpson’s biography
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