Douglas Gourley "The Gleichen Cowboy" Young - Born October 1, 1908 in Medicine Hat, Alberta – Died May 15, 1990 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida was a Canadian/American ice Hockey defenceman, linesman and referee in chief.

- International Hockey League / IHL Champion 1930 with Cleveland Indians.

- Prince of Wales Trophy Champion 1934, 1936, 1937 with Detroit Red Wings.

- Stanley Cup Champion 1936, *1937 with Detroit Red Wings.
Stanley Cup finalist 1934

Young played junior Hockey for the Calgary Canadians from 1926 to 1927.

Young then joined the Canadian Professional Hockey League / CPHL as a member of the Kitchener Millionaires (later renamed the Toronto Millionaires), playing 2 seasons.

The Cleveland Indians of the International Hockey League / IHL took notice and Young signed with the new International Hockey League club in 1929, making the "First All-Star" Team in league history and helping Cleveland win the 1st IHL championship in 1930. He played another season in Cleveland, and was claimed by the Philadelphia Quakers from Cleveland in a Inter-League Draft, May 9, 1931.

Young was then claimed by the New York Americans from Philadelphia in the Dispersal Draft, September 17, 1931, and then traded to the Detroit Falcons by the Americans for Ron Martin, October 18, 1931.

Young had found his NHL home with the Detroit Falcons, making his NHL debut on November 12, 1931 vs New York Americans at Detroit Olympia in a 5-2 New York win.

Young scored his 1st NHL goal vs Tiny Thompson of Boston Bruins at 18:00 of 1st period on December 10, 1931 at Detroit Olympia in a 1-1 OT tie. Young would post a career-high 10 goals in his rookie campaign.

The Detroit Falcons would become the Detroit Red Wings for the 1932-33 NHL season, with young becoming a dependable defenceman for the Red Wings, also scoring 5 goals, 6 assists.
Young helped Detroit reach the 1934 Stanley Cup finals.

Jack Adams was impressed not only with Young's play but his leadership abilities and named him captain prior to the 1935-36 campaign. Young had his best year with 5 goals and 17 points. Young, who was at times described as "dashing" and "a star," ranked as the third highest scoring d-man in the league that year, and played a nice role in helping Detroit eliminate the Toronto Maple Leafs three games to one to win the 1936 Stanley Cup championship that spring.

Misfortune struck Young in 1936-37 when in December, 1936 in a game vs the New York Americans, he was checked hard into the boards and fractured his ankle. He was out for the season and the playoffs and never was the same again. Yet his Red Wings repeated as Stanley Cup champions, technically with Young still as captain, and had his named engraved on the cup.

Young had a strong year when he returned for the 1937-38 season, playing in all 48 games, scoring 3 goals, 5 assists, but the Red Wings missed the playoffs.

Young was later signed as a free agent by the Montreal Canadiens in October, 1939, and he would play in the Babe Siebert Memorial Game at Montreal Forum on October 29, 1939.
Young would play his last 50 games in the NHL with Montreal.

Young was claimed on waivers by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1940 and was set down to their farm team, the Providence Reds of the American Hockey League. Young finished out his career scoring 22 points for the Reds in the 1940–41 season, and was selected to the AHL First All-Star Team.

Young played in 388 regular season NHL games, scoring 35 goals (8 GWG), 45 assists with 305 penalty minutes and 28 NHL playoff games, scoring 2 goals (1 GWG), 5 assists with 16 penalty minutes.

After his retirement in 1941 Doug Young went on to pursue a career as an NHL linesman for 17 years, was the referee-in-chief of the IHL and worked for the Detroit Red Wings home office.