Arthur Throop


Arthur Leonard "Art" Throop was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played for the New Westminster Royals and Portland [Rosebuds (ice hockey)|Portland Rosebuds] of the Pacific Coast [Hockey Association]. He also previously played for the Ottawa Victorias, and during his time with the club he was involved in a 1907 FAHL game which saw the death of Bud McCourt. He suffered a blow to the head from an opposing player's stick during a brawl that ensued that game.
Throop also spent time in the National Hockey Association with the Toronto Tecumsehs and Haileybury Comets.
Throop died in 1973 at a Haileybury hospital.
He was the last surviving former player of the Haileybury Comets and the Toronto Tecumsehs.

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