Charlie Uksila


Charles Uksila, Jr. was an American professional hockey player. He played for the Portland Rosebuds and Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He was a native of Calumet, Michigan, where he started his hockey career. Prior to playing with Portland, he was a member of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. He was a member of the Rosebuds team that played the Montreal Canadiens in the 1916 Stanley Cup Finals.
Uksila retired from professional hockey after the 1918–19 season, and then worked as a fancy skating instructor at the Connaught Skating Club in Vancouver. He also toured in Australia where he performed as a figure skater alongside his sister in Sydney and Melbourne.
He died in Mountain View, California, in 1964. He was of Finnish descent.