Charlie Uksila
Born (1887-10-12)October 12, 1887
Calumet, MI, USA
Died March 4, 1964(1964-03-04) (aged 76)
Mountain View, CA, USA
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left[1]
Played for Portland Rosebuds
Vancouver Millionaires
Playing career 1907–1919

Charles Uksila, Jr. (October 12, 1887 – March 4, 1964) 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.[2]

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.[3] He also toured in Australia where he performed as a figure skater alongside his sister in Sydney and Melbourne.[4]

He died in Mountain View, California,[5][6] in 1964. He was of Finnish descent.[7]

References

  • Sproule, Bill (2021). "Charles Uksila: From the Copper Country to the Ice Capades". The Hockey Research Journal. Society for International Hockey Research (vol. 22, December 2021).

Citations

  1. ↑ The Sunday Oregonian, Dec. 5 1915, pg. 4
  2. ↑ "Official rules for ice hockey, speed skating, figure skating and curling". New York, American sports publishing company.
  3. ↑ "Former Portland Hockey Player Is Now an Instructor" Oregon Daily Journal. Oct. 21, 1921. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  4. ↑ "Charlie Uksila back from the antipodes" Vancouver Sun. Oct. 22, 1920 (pg. 4). Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  5. ↑ "Ex-Ice Capades Stage Manager Dies at 76". The Peninsula Times Tribune. Palo Alto, CA. March 5, 1964. p. 2. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ↑ "Uksila". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, BC. March 9, 1964. p. 29. Retrieved January 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ↑ "Charles W UKSILA". Legends of Australian Ice. Retrieved March 15, 2017.

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