page_title: Frank Sandercock
section_title: Business and community life
hierarchical_section_title: Frank Sandercock / Business and community life
caption_attribution_description: English: Southam Building in Calgary circa 1914
context_page_description: Frank Ernest Sandercock was a Canadian ice hockey administrator. He served as president of both the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association, and had previously been an executive with the Ontario Hockey Association and founded a hockey organization to operate local leagues in Calgary. He was an early organizer of junior ice hockey and senior ice hockey in Alberta, fostered growth in the game, and sought to reinvest profits into minor ice hockey for the younger generation.
  Sandercock had the Allan Cup championship format for senior hockey in Canada changed from a two-game series decided on total goals into a best-of-three games series which led to increased profits. The CAHA had become the largest amateur sport body in Canada by 1928, and control of the Allan Cup was transferred from its trustees to the association. He is the namesake of two trophies awarded for junior hockey competition in Alberta, and was made a life member of the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association.
context_section_description: Sandercock was a dentist at the Calgary Associate Clinic for 14 years, and later had his own office in the Southam Building. He had business interests in the development of the petroleum industry in Alberta, and was prominent member of the industry circa 1929.
  He represented Calgary as a delegate to the Alberta Lacrosse Association meeting in 1932.
  In October 1936, Sandercock acquired the dental practice of the recently deceased Dr. R. J. Johnston, and relocated to Drumheller, Alberta.
  Sandercock became a supporter of junior ice hockey in Drumheller, and a member of the city's chamber of commerce to develop Drumheller as a tourist destination. He sat on Drumheller Board of Trade committees for membership, and museums and trail blazing.
  Sandercock became involved with the Rotary Club of Drumheller and led multiple efforts as chairman of its community service committee. In November 1938, he aimed to raise funds to build a wading pool for the town, supply new gravel for the school grounds, and provide an oxygen machine for the hospital. He was also chairman of the Boys' Work for the Rotary Club of Drumheller.
  Sandercock oversaw the theatrical production of Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There in 1939, and was appointed to the committee to recognize accomplishments of local professional hockey player Tommy Anderson.
  In August 1939, Sandercock gave a speech at a Rotary luncheon about the history of the petroleum industry in Canada and the world. He spoke about the global impact of the petroleum industry on warfare, and sought for sanctions against supply to Germany and Italy in advance of World War II.
caption: Southam Building in Calgary circa 1914
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