Peter Patton
| Peter Patton | |||
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| Born |
5 March 1876 London, England, GBR |
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| Died | April 10, 1939 (aged 63) Tiverton, England, GBR |
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| Position | Defence | ||
| Played for |
Princes London Lions |
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| National team |
 Great Britain
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| Playing career | 1897–1931 | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
| European Championships | ||
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1910 | Great Britain |
Major Bethune Minet "Peter" Patton (March 5, 1876 – April 10, 1939) was an ice hockey player and administrator. He is credited with bringing ice hockey to Britain and helping to spread the sport to Europe. He was a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 1908 and was the inaugural president of the British Ice Hockey Association (BIHA) in 1914. He is a member of both the IIHF Hall of Fame and the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.
Patton had a public school education at Winchester and Wellington and he is believed to have learned to skate whilst holidaying in Switzerland.
He was the son of Henry Bethune Patton (1835-1915) CB, a Colonel in the British Army with local rank of Brigadier-General, and his second wife Georgina Emma Minet (1845-1918). The name Bethune came from an ancestress, Mary Bethune, who had married Henry Patton in 1749. One of his uncles was General Walter Douglas Phillips Patton-Bethune.
From a military family, his initial profession was as a soldier. He served with the 3rd Somerset Regiment and gained the rank of Major with attachments to the Royal Army Service Corps. During the First World War, Patton served in France between September 1914 and May 1916. He was also attached to the Serbian Army and was awarded their Order of the White Eagle.
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