Willis Reuben Brandow (October 16, 1898 – November 20, 1932) 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 ...
,
Edmonton Eskimos
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and
Saskatoon Crescents
The Saskatoon Sheiks were a professional ice hockey team in the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) and Prairie Hockey League (PrHL) from 1921 to 1928. The team played their home games at the Crescent Arena in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Histo ...
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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. He also played with the Winnipeg Selkirks in his home province, and later the Duluth Hornets of the
American Hockey Association. He later coached
Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey
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program from 1926–27.
[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wis/sports/m-hockey/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/2013_14MensHockeyFactBook.pdf ] In 1932, he died in a car accident.
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1898 births
1932 deaths
Calgary Tigers players
Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Duluth Hornets players
Edmonton Eskimos (ice hockey) players
Ice hockey people from Manitoba
Road incident deaths in California
Saskatoon Sheiks players
Sportspeople from Selkirk, Manitoba
Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey coaches
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
20th-century Canadian sportsmen