14 Facts About Eddie Oatman

Edward Cole "Eddie" Oatman was a Canadian professional ice hockey player.

Eddie Oatman was a star with the Quebec Bulldogs when it won the 1912 Stanley Cup.

Eddie Oatman played with clubs that won five league championships, and he was a successful coach and captain of five different hockey teams.

Eddie Oatman moved away to play hockey for a career, and he coached hockey before returning home and becoming a barber.

Eddie Oatman married Helen Durning in 1921 and had one son, Ted, born in 1922.

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Eddie Oatman died on November 11,1973, and was interred at the Springford Cemetery, Oxford County, Ontario, where he is buried next to his brother Russell.

Eddie Oatman was the subject of a Ripley's "Believe It Or Not" article for playing 30 years in professional hockey and is featured on at least two trading cards.

Eddie Oatman played in 1907 with the Tillsonburg Junior Ontario Hockey Association club.

Eddie Oatman helped the team win the Western Canada Hockey League title, but were denied a Stanley Cup championship when they again lost to the Montreal Canadiens.

Eddie Oatman was the team captain of the Minneapolis, Minnesota, club in the American Hockey Association in 1927.

Eddie Oatman later served as a player-coach in Yorkton, Prince Albert and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, until his hockey-playing career ended when he was 50.

Eddie Oatman was a versatile forward who played most of the positions on the forward line during his hockey career, such as right wing, centre and rover, and he was occasionally used on defence while playing in the PCHA.

Eddie Oatman himself claimed that his strongest suit as a hockey player was his stick-handling, and that his greatest weakness was his skating.

Eddie Oatman claimed that he was first taken aback by the speed of his teammates when he first joined the Quebec Bulldogs, and that he realized that he had to improve his skating to keep up with the professional game.