Peter Patton
Major Bethune Minet "Peter" Patton ((1876-03-05)5 March 1876 – c. 1939) was an ice hockey player and administrator. He is credited with bringing ice hockey to Britain and helping to spread the sport to Europe. He was a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 1908 and was the inaugural president of the British Ice Hockey Association (BIHA) in 1914. He is a member of both the IIHF Hall of Fame and the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.
Patton had a public school education at Winchester and Wellington and he is believed to have learned to skate whilst holidaying in Switzerland.
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