Dan Bain
| Dan Bain | |||
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| Hockey Hall of Fame, 1949 | |||
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| Born |
February 14, 1874 Belleville, Ontario, Canada |
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| Died | August 15, 1962 (aged 88) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | Winnipeg Victorias | ||
| Playing career | 1894–1902 | ||
Donald Henderson "Dan" Bain (February 14, 1874 – August 15, 1962) was a Canadian amateur athlete and merchant. Though he competed in and excelled in numerous sports, Bain is most notable for his ice hockey career. While a member of the Winnipeg Victorias hockey team, with whom he played for from 1894 until 1902, Bain helped the team win the Stanley Cup thrice as champions of Canada. A skilled athlete, Bain won championships and medals in several other sports, and was the Canadian trapshooting champion in 1903. In recognition of his play, Bain was inducted into multiple halls of fame, including the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1949, and was also voted Canada's top athlete of the last half of the 19th century.
In his professional life Bain was a prominent Winnipeg businessman and community leader. He became wealthy as a result of operating Donald H. Bain Limited, a grocery brokerage firm. Bain was an active member of numerous community associations, the president of the Winnipeg Winter Club and an avid outdoorsman. The Mallard Lodge, a building on the shores of Lake Manitoba built by Bain as a personal retreat, today serves as a research facility for the University of Manitoba.
The son of Scottish immigrants, Bain was born in Belleville, Ontario and moved with his family to Winnipeg, Manitoba, as a young child. His father, James Henderson Bain, was a horse buyer for the British government and upon his arrival in Canada lived in Montreal before moving west. His mother, Helen Miller, was a seamstress. Bain was the sixth of seven children, having four sisters and two brothers.
Bain's first championship came in 1887 when he captured the Manitoba roller skating championship at the age of 13 by winning the three-mile race. At the age of 17 he won the provincial gymnastics competition, and at 20 he won the first of three consecutive Manitoba cycling championships. In addition Bain was a top lacrosse player in his home province.
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