height_ft played_for halloffame death_date shoots weight_lb birth_place death_place image_size career_end position height_in birth_date image article_title career_start
5 ottawa senators toronto st. patricks 1945 7 august 1937 left 168 ottawa , on , can ottawa , on , can 230px 1923 left wing/defence 9 22 february 1890 eddiegerardheadshot.jpg eddie gerard
 1910
eddie gerard

edward george gerard -lrb- february 22 , 1890 -- august 7 , 1937 -rrb- was a canadian professional ice hockey player and coach .
born in ottawa , ontario , canada he played professionally for 10 seasons for the hometown ottawa senators and was member of several stanley cup-winning teams before retiring as a player in 1923 .
he continued in hockey afterward as a coach until 1935 , winning a further stanley cup in 1926 .
he was regarded as one of the most prominent athletes in ottawa , active in several sports and was a halfback for the ottawa rough riders football club from 1909 to 1913 .
when the hockey hall of fame was founded in 1945 , gerard was one of the original nine inductees .
