Sport: Ice Hockey Inducted: 1992 Country: Canada Born: November 28, 1883
in Bedford, Quebec Died: July 1940
A
pioneer Canadian sportsman, Cece Hart coached the National
Hockey
League’s Montreal Canadiens to back-to-back Stanley
Cup Championships in
1929–30 and 1930–31. He coached the
Canadiens for eight full seasons, and in
each of those NHL campaigns, the
Canadians qualified for the Stanley
Cup Playoffs.
A direct descendant of Canada’s
first Jewish settler, Aaron Hart, Cece
enjoyed great success from 1900 to
1922, playing, coaching, organizing, and managing
amateur baseball and hockey teams
for the Star Club of Montreal. In 1910,
he organized and served as ecretarytreasurer
of the Montreal City Hockey
League and took on the responsibilities
of secretary-treasurer of the Eastern
Canada Amateur Hockey Association.
