Art Grant (ice hockey)

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Not to be confused with Art Grant (baseball).
Art Grant
Born (1919-01-20)January 20, 1919
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died June 12, 1943(1943-06-12) (aged 24)
near Rheinberg, Nazi Germany
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 174 lb (79 kg; 12 st 6 lb)
Position Goaltender
Shot Left
Played for Winnipeg Falcon-Rangers
Winnipeg Monarchs
Ayr Raiders
Fife Flyers
Playing career 1937–1940

Arthur Gordon Grant (January 20, 1919 – June 12, 1943) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played as a goaltender in the Scottish National League for the Ayr Raiders. He also appeared non-professionally for the Winnipeg Monarchs.[1]

Early life and hockey career[edit]

Grant was born on January 20, 1919, in Montreal to Keith Gordon and Marjory Grant.[1][2] He joined the Winnipeg Falcon-Rangers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League in 1937, and played one season there before transferring to the Winnipeg Monarchs.[1] Emigrating to Scotland in 1939, he played for the Ayr Raiders and Fife Flyers before joining the armed forces.[1][3] He married in September 1942.[4]

Military career and death[edit]

Grant served in the Royal Winnipeg Rifles for 6 months as a private.[5] In civilian life, he worked as a clockkeeper during his time in Scotland.[3] Moving back to Canada in July 1940, Grant enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Winnipeg on February 26, 1941, and was assigned to pilot training, completing the course in January 1943 and being transferred to England thereafter.[5]

On June 12, 1943, Pilot Officer Grant took off from RAF Leeming in Handley Page Halifax JB972 to conduct a raid on Düsseldorf.[6] Southwest of Rheinberg, Nazi Germany, the aircraft was shot down, killing 3 of the crew members aboard, including Grant.[6] The remaining 4 crew members became prisoners of war, and Grant and the other 2 crew members killed were listed as presumed dead in October 1943.[7][8] The 3 dead crew had been buried at Monchengladbach after the crash, but were disinterred in 1949 and reburied at Rheinberg War Cemetery.[2][9]

Career statistics[edit]

    Regular season   Goal statistics   Playoffs   Goal statistics
Season Team League GP W L T SO Min GA GAA PIM GP W L T SO Min GA GAA PIM
1937–38 Winnipeg Falcon-Rangers MJHL[1] 21 12 6 3 1 1260 57 2.71 0 2 2 0 2 0 120 11 5.50 0
1938–39 Winnipeg Monarchs MJHL[1] 21 13 5 3 2 1260 74 3.37 0 7 4 3 0 0 430 24 3.43 0
1939–40 Ayr Raiders SNL[1] 2 – – – – – 5 2.50 0 – – – – – – – – –
1939-40 Fife Flyers SNL[1] – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Career totals 44 25 11 6 3 2520 136 – – 9 4 5 0 0 550 35 – –

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Art Grant - Profile". SIHR. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Casualty Details: Grant, Arthur Gordon". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Canada, WWII Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947". Ancestry. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Believed Killed". Virtual Memorial. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Canada, WWII Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947". Ancestry. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Accident description for Handley Page Halifax Mk II JB972 at the Aviation Safety Network
  7. ^ "Canada, WWII Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947". Ancestry. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  8. ^ "Canada, WWII Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947". Ancestry. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  9. ^ "Canada, WWII Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947". Ancestry. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
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