Jack Kerr (ice hockey)

Jack Kerr, whose full name was John Kerr, was a Canadian ice hockey player and athlete who lived from 1863 to 1933 and played the forward position. He is remembered as one of the founders of the Ottawa Hockey Club, which he played for from 1883 onward. He and Halder Kirby watched the outdoor hockey tournament at the 1883 Montreal Winter Carnival and decided that Ottawa players could beat what they had seen, and on their return to Ottawa the two organized the club together with Frank Jenkins. Kerr played for Ottawa until the 1893 season and was a member of the Ontario championship team in 1891, 1892 and 1893 and of the Canadian championship team of 1892. He is also credited with making the first rubber hockey puck in Ottawa. He died in Ottawa in 1933 and was buried at Beechwood Cemetery.