Fred Higginbotham

Frederick Turner Higginbotham, born around 1866 and died on September 7, 1896, was an ice hockey defenceman for the Winnipeg Victorias. He was part of the team that won the Stanley Cup in 1896 in a challenge game against the Montreal Victorias. He played in an era of seven-man hockey as a cover-point, the role of today's defenceman, and was primarily responsible for carrying the puck out of the defensive end and was also a hard hitter. Born in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, he moved to Winnipeg around 1884, played professionally with a Vancouver lacrosse team in the late 1880s, and worked for the Hudson's Bay Company from 1889. He died in September 1896 after a riding accident at a friend's house, and he was buried in Bowmanville.