Chaloner Caffyn
| Chaloner Caffyn | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
28 April 1891 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Died |
28 March 1917 (aged 25) Avesnes-le-Comte, France | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Played for | Princes Ice Hockey Club | ||
| National team |
 England | ||
| Playing career | 1912–1913 | ||
Chaloner McCrae Humphrey Mannington Caffyn (28 April 1891 – 28 March 1917) was an English professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the English national team.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Born in Australia, Caffyn grew up in Portsmouth and was educated at Cheltenham College.[1] He trained as an engineer at the University of Zurich and worked at the Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Company in Birmingham.[1] On 14 September 1914, a month after the outbreak of the First World War, Caffyn was commissioned into the East Surrey Regiment as a second lieutenant.[1] He served with the regiment on the Western Front for 18 months before being seconded to the Royal Flying Corps.[1] Lieutenant Caffyn was killed on 28 March 1917 flying Nieuport Scout A.6673 when the aircraft's wings collapsed over Avesnes-le-Comte.[1][2] He was buried at the Avesnes-le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension.[3] His elder brother Harold had been killed in Hainaut two years earlier.[4]
Career statistics[edit]
International career[edit]
| Regular season | Goal statistics | Playoffs | Goal statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | Competition | GP | W | L | T | SO | Min | GA | GAA | PIM | GP | W | L | T | SO | Min | GA | GAA | PIM | ||||
| 1912–13 | England | Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace[1] | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 3 | 0.75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| International career totals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 3 | 0.75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Chaloner Caffyn - Profile". SIHR. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ Kilduff, Peter (19 October 2014). Billy Bishop VC Lone Wolf Hunter: The RAF Ace Re-Examined. London: Grub Street. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-909808-13-3. OCLC 895882900.
- ^ "Casualty Details: Chaloner McCrae Caffyn". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Casualty Details: Harold Hunt Caffyn". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
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