Lorne Austin Davis (July 20, 1930 – December 20, 2007) was a Canadian

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player, and later a

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. He played for four teams in the

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between 1951 and 1960, with the rest of his career spent in the minor leagues. After retiring he became a scout and worked with the

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from 1979 to 2008. Internationally Davis played for the Canadian national team at the 1966 World Championship, winning a bronze medal. He was born in Lumsden,

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, but grew up in

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Playing career

Davis spent most of his fifteen-year pro career playing for minor-league teams, with occasional call-ups to the

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(with whom he won a

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in 1953),

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, and

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. In 1964–65, he was a player-coach for the

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of the International Hockey League. After his retirement, he went on to coach his former junior team, the

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, and then the

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before becoming a scout for the

. He received five more Stanley Cup rings for his work as a scout of the Oilers (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990), and his name was put on the Stanley Cup in 1985, 1987, and 1990. Davis remained employed by the club until he died in late 2007.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and achievements

* AHL Second All-Star Team (

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) *Played in

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) (

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

and

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

)

References

External links

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Picture of Lorne Davis' Name on the 1990 Stanley Cup Plaque
- Obituary (''

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