Francis Michael "King" Clancy was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, referee, coach and executive. Clancy played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was a member of three Stanley Cup championship teams and won All-Star honours. After he retired in 1937, he remained in hockey, becoming a coach for the Montreal Maroons. Clancy next worked as a referee for the NHL. He joined the Maple Leafs organization and worked in the organization as a coach and team executive until his death in 1986. In 2017 Clancy was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
Tom "King" Clancy, father of Frank and the original "King Clancy", was a famous rugby football player around the turn of the twentieth century with Ottawa College and the Ottawa Rough Riders.
Ottawa Senators (original)
The Ottawa Senators were an ice hockey team based in Ottawa, which existed from 1883 to 1954. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a founding member of the National Hockey League (NHL) and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934. The club, which was officially the Ottawa Hockey Club, was known by several nicknames, including the Generals in the 1890s, the Silver Seven from 1903 to 1907 and the Senators dating from 1908.
First photo of Ottawa Hockey Club, 1883–84. Back row: L to R: T.D. Green, T. Gallagher, N. Porter. Middle row, L to R: H. Kirby, J.Kerr, F. Jenkins. Front row: L to R: G. Young, A. Low, E. Taylor
Ottawa Hockey Club, 1885
The 1891 Ottawa Hockey Club, Ottawa and Ontario champions. Back Row, L to R: H. Kirby, Chauncey Kirby, Albert Morel, H.Y. Russel, F. Jenkins, W.C. Young, ?, ? Front Row, L to R: R. Bradley, J. Kerr The team is posed with the Cosby Cup.
The 1895 Ottawa Hockey Club and executive. Standing: P. D. Ross, G. P. Murphy, Chauncey Kirby, Don Watters. Seated: Jim Smellie, Alf Smith, Harvey Pulford, Weldy Young, Joe McDougal. Bottom row: Harry Westwick, Fred Chittick, H. Russell
