Henry William Sprague "Peg" Cleghorn, also known as "The Big Train", was a Canadian professional ice hockey player from Westmount, Quebec who played 17 professional seasons between 1911 and 1929 for the Renfrew Creamery Kings and Montreal Wanderers in the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a member of three Stanley Cup championship teams, winning with the Senators in 1920 and 1921 as well as with the Canadiens in 1924. His brother Odie was also a professional player and the two played several seasons together.
Cleghorn displayed on a 1911 C55 Imperial Tobacco hockey card,
Cleghorn, second from right in the front row, with the 1910 New York Wanderers, with brother Odie seated far right.
Cleghorn c. 1924 (right) playing for the Canadiens with his brother (left)
The Montreal Wanderers were an amateur, and later professional, ice hockey team based in Montreal. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League (FAHL), the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association (ECAHA), the National Hockey Association (NHA) and briefly the National Hockey League (NHL). The Wanderers were four-time Stanley Cup winners. Prior to the formation of the NHL, the "Redbands" were one of the most successful teams in hockey.
Montreal Wanderers, 1907
Wanderers players and team officials in Winnipeg for 1907 challenge
