Harvey Sproule
| Frederick Harvey Sproule | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 12, 1883 Ontario, Canada |
| Died | July 9, 1959 Unknown |
| Nationality |
 Canada
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| Occupation | NHL owner, coach, referee, journalist |
| Children | Unknown |
F. Harvey Sproule was a Canadian hockey player, National Hockey League coach, owner, executive, and referee, as well as a curler, journalist, and race horse owner. He was a relative of noted Canadian parliamentarian, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons and Canadian Senator Thomas Simpson Sproule.
From Milton, Ontario where attended school, Sproule was a competitive cyclist and played amateur hockey in his hometown. Records show Sproule lived with his Uncle John Head and his wife Mary Elizabeth Sproule in Milton as young as age 8 in 1891.
Sproule's uncle, John Head, had been a Milton town councillor, and a business merchant in Milton since at least 1881, selling men's and women's clothing, before getting a customs job in Toronto and moving there with the family in the mid-1890s. In 1901, Sproule and his sister were still living with their Uncle John Head and his wife Mary in west Toronto. In 1905, Sproule's sister Mildred died at age 20 at their uncle's home.
While in Toronto, Sproule played for the Toronto Old Orchard and the Toronto Rowing Club hockey teams. He then became involved in team management as coach and manager of the Toronto Victorias and Toronto Crescents.
Sproule was related to William Kingston Flesher (June 10, 1825 – July 22, 1907), a settler of southwestern Ontario, a militia officer, businessman and political figure. As well as founding the village of Flesherton, he represented the riding of Grey East in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1872 to 1878. Flesher's son-in-law was Thomas Simpson Sproule. T.S. Sproule's niece was Elizabeth Sproule, who together with her husband John Head, cared for her young nephew Harvey Sproule and his sister.
For many years, Sproule was a referee in the Ontario Hockey Association. In 1913, the Toronto Canoe Club selected Sproule to officiate the city's championship game.
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