Art Ross

Arthur Howe Ross

• Born January 13, 1885 in Naughton, ON CAN
• Died August 5, 1964 in Medford, MA USA

Biographical Information

Art Ross was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and executive in ice hockey. He played in the National Hockey League's inaugural season as player/coach for the Montreal Wanderers in 1917-18, but he is best remembered as the first general manager of the Boston Bruins, who also served as the team's coach on three separate occasions between 1924 and 1954. He was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1949. The Art Ross Trophy is given annually to the top points scorer in the NHL.

Ross's ties to baseball came in 1928 when he served as the Boston Braves' traveling secretary. At the time the Braves were under the control of the team's largest shareholder, Charles F. Adams, who was also the founder of the Boston Bruins and Ross's boss. His tenure as traveling secretary lasted until the start of training camp for the 1928/29 hockey season, after which Ross traveled with the Bruins to Montreal, QC.

Ross became a naturalized U.S. citizen on April 22, 1938. Ten years after leaving the game of hockey, Ross died at a nursing home in Medford, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, at age 79. He was survived by a sister, both his sons and three grandchildren.

Further Reading

• Dink Carroll: "Art Ross Dies At 79", Montreal Gazette, August 6, 1964
• Harold Kaese: Boston Braves: 1871-1953, Northeastern University Press, Boston, MA, 2004. ISBN 978-1555536176. Originally published in 1948
• Eric Zweig: Art Ross: The Hockey Legend Who Built the Bruins, Dundurn Press, 2015

Related Sites

• Art Ross at the Internet Hockey Data Base