Richard Robinson Boon known as Dickie Boon was a Canadian ice hockey forward and manager.
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18 Facts About Dickie Boon
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Dickie Boon was a player on two Stanley Cup winning teams and managed the Wanderers to four Cup titles.
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Dickie Boon moved with his family to Montreal, where he became involved in several sports in his youth.
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Dickie Boon was a proficient speed skater, winning the 1892 Junior Amateur Championship.
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In 1894, at the age of 16, Dickie Boon began playing organized hockey with the "Young Crystals" at the old Crystal Rink in Montreal with another Hall of Famer, Mike Grant.
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Dickie Boon played the position of cover point, similar to today's defenceman.
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Dickie Boon was the captain of the two-time Stanley Cup-winning Montreal HC teams of 1902 and 1903 which had several other future Hall of Famers including Jimmy Gardner, Tommy Phillips and Jack Marshall.
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Dickie Boon was effective despite being the smallest player on the team.
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At that point, professionalism was taking hold in hockey and Dickie Boon dropped out of playing hockey after the objections of his parents to him becoming a professional.
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Dickie Boon then turned to management of the Wanderers and he managed the club until 1916.
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Dickie Boon led the Wanderers to four Stanley Cup titles in 1906,1907,1908, and 1910 as Manager.
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In 1924, Dickie Boon was approached by James Strachan, former owner of the Wanderers and part-owner of the new Montreal Hockey Club franchise entering the National Hockey League to negotiate the use of the name "Wanderers" for the new team.
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Dickie Boon was a long-time member of the Outremont Curling Club and the Club's Boon Trophy was named after him.
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Dickie Boon died at his Outremont, Quebec home on May 3,1961 after being in poor health for several months.
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Dickie Boon had continued to curl until 1959 when he was injured in a golf cart accident that fractured his pelvis.
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Dickie Boon had continued playing golf until the fall of 1960 not long before his death.
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