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EditWallace Druce "Wally" Elmer - Born January 1,1898 in Kingston, Ontario - Died August 28, 1978 in Kingston, Ontario was a Canadian ice Hockey right winger and coach.
- Western Canada Hockey League Champion 1925 with Victoria Cougars.
- Stanley Cup Champion 1925 with Victoria Cougars.
- Sutherland Cup Champion 1938 with Kingston Red Indians (coach).
- Ontario Hockey Association / OHA Senior B Champion 1941 with Kingston Combines (coach).
Elmer played his junior Hockey with the Kingston Hockey Club.
Elmer then played 2 seasons for St. Paul Athletic Club before turning pro with Saskatoon Crescents in 1922. He played 2 seasons in Saskatoon before Lester Patrick of the Victoria Cougars signed him to play in Victoria, British Columbia.
The Victoria Cougars were a stacked team of great players, so Elmer played in only 4 games, scoring 2 goals with 1 assist. He also played in 2 playoff games during the Cougars 1925 Stanley Cup championship playoff run.
Elmer then played for Windsor Hornets, but was traded to the New Haven Eagles where he finished the 1926-27 season, helping them finish 1st during the Canadian–American (Can-Am) Hockey League regular season.
Elmer then joined the Philadelphia Arrows, playing his final 2 seasons of pro Hockey, finishing in 1929.
Elmer then headed back to Ontario and was named coach of Queen's College Sr. A Hockey Team for the 1929-30 season. He then coached Queen's University Hockey teams for 3 seasons.
Elmer then returned home to Kingston and would get involved in many aspects of sports and administration there, also coaching the Kingston Frontenacs, Kingston Red Indians, which was sponsored by the gas station he owned...... they won the Sutherland Cup in 1938 as OHA Jr. B champions.
He also coached the Kingston Lions Jr B and Kingston Combines which won the OHA Senior B championship in 1941.
After the Second World War, he played a key role in establishing the Kingston Memorial Centre, which served as both an ice rink and a tribute to Kingston’s fallen soldiers.
Elmer was on the board of the International Hockey Hall of Fame.
Elmer also loved baseball, helping to create the Central Ontario Baseball Association and a executive on the board of the Kingston Ponies Baseball Club. He was part of a group that brought professional baseball to Kingston in 1948.
Elmer received further honours in 1968 when the Wally Elmer Arena was opened. It was notorious bare bones arena that was said to be 10 degrees colder inside then outside of the arena.
Wallace Elmer was posthumously inducted into Kingston & District Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.
