Howard Edmund Dea (April 9, 1891 – February 9, 1966) was a Canadian professional
ice hockey
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player. He played with the
Calgary Tigers
The Calgary Tigers, often nicknamed the ''Bengals'', were an ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from 1920 until 1927 as members of the Big-4 League, Western Canada Hockey League and Prairie Hockey League. The Tigers were reviv ...
and
Edmonton Eskimos
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of the
Western Canada Hockey League
The Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), founded in 1921–22 WCHL season, 1921, was a major professional ice hockey league originally based in the prairies of Canada. It was renamed the Western Hockey League (WHL) in 1925 and disbanded in 1926.
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SIHR – Player List
sihrhockey.org Billy Dea
William Fraser Dea (born April 3, 1933) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre and head coach in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played in the NHL from 1953 to 1971, and then served as a coach during the 1981–82 season.
Play ...
, uncle of James Wisniewski
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, is his son.
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1891 births
1966 deaths
Calgary Tigers players
Canadian ice hockey centres
Edmonton Eskimos (ice hockey) players
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Sportspeople from Midland, Ontario
20th-century Canadian sportsmen