Wilfred McDonald

Wilfred Kennedy McDonald, known as Bucko, was a Canadian professional ice hockey and lacrosse player, coach and politician, born on 31 October 1911 in Fergus, Ontario, who died on 19 July 1991. He played in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Rangers between 1935 and 1945, and he won the Stanley Cup three times, with Detroit in 1936 and 1937 and with Toronto in 1942. He also played lacrosse, won a Mann Cup and was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1971, and the Ontario Lacrosse Association named the Bucko McDonald Trophy for its highest-scoring player in his honour. A Liberal, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for Parry Sound in 1945 and re-elected in 1949 and 1953. He later coached the Rochester Americans and coached a young Bobby Orr.