Blaine Sexton
Blaine Nathaniel Sexton (3 May 1892 – 29 April 1966) was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics and in the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1916 he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force and fought in the trenches of France on the Western Front during World War I. After the war he was instrumental in not only expanding Ice Hockey in the United Kingdom but across Europe. Known in Europe as B.N.Sexton he was inducted into the UK Hockey Hall of fame in 1950.
Read more about Blaine Sexton: Early Life, World War I, Spreading Hockey, Retirement and Later Life
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