Facts: - death date: 08 may 1982 - birth date: 04 december 1903 - name: george alfred leader - nationality: canadian-american - birth place: barnsley , manitoba - occupation: ice hockey player , referee , and administrator Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of al leader .
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george alfred '' al '' leader -lrb- december 4 , 1903 , barnsley , manitoba -- may 8 , 1982 -rrb- was a canadian-american ice hockey player , referee , and administrator .he is a member of the hockey hall of fame in the '' builder '' category .leader settled in seattle , washington in the 1930s and became involved in hockey as the administrator of the seattle city league .he worked as a player , referee , and administrator at the city level for several years before organizing the defense hockey league in 1940 , which involved five teams from seattle and portland , oregon .in 1944 , leader was elected as the secretary-manager of the pacific coast hockey league .throughout the decade , leader worked to manage and promote amateur hockey on the west coast , also taking on an administrative role with the amateur hockey association of the united states .in 1952 , the pacific coast hockey league became part of the now defunct professional western hockey league and leader became the league president .he served in this capacity until 1969 , and was elected to the hockey hall of fame in the same year .