James Dickinson Irvin, Sr. (July 19, 1892 – May 15, 1957) was a Canadian Ice Hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League - Allan Cup Championship (1915)
Stanley Cup Championships (1932 – Toronto, 1944, 1946, and 1953 – Montreal)
Lost in the finals a record 12 times as a Coach (1931 – Chicago, 1933-35-36-38-39-40 – Toronto, 1947-51-52-54-55 – Montreal)
NHL First All-Star Team Coach (1944, 1945, & 1946)
NHL Second All-Star Team Coach (1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, & 1941)
Inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1983 -
Selected to Manitoba's All-Century First All-Star Team and named Coach of the Century -
“Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame - 1958 elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame. His coaching career included four Stanley Cups with 692 regular season wins, results surpassed only by Al Arbour and Scotty Bowman.