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7 may 1960 new york city , ny , usa american john logan and ralph bloomer , on field , yale university kilpatrick 1909 -lrb- in the middle -rrb- with walter 15 june 1889 walter logan , john kilpatrick , ralph bloomer.jpg john kilpatrick
 john kilpatrick
john kilpatrick

john reed kilpatrick -lrb- june 15 , 1889 -- may 7 , 1960 -rrb- was an american athlete , soldier , and sports businessperson .
he is a member of the hockey hall of fame and college football hall of fame .
kilpatrick was born to a canadian mother and american father , raised in new york city , and later attended yale university .
he competed in football and track and field , and was recognized as one of the top players of the era .
after college , he worked in new york city before being drafted to serve in the united states army in world war i .
during this service , he won several honors including the distinguished service medal .
after the war , he commenced a successful business career in new york that led him to becoming the president of the madison square garden corporation .
kilpatrick ran madison square garden for more than twenty-five years , personally overseeing the operations of the new york rangers nhl club from 1934 to 1960 .
the rangers won the stanley cup in 1940 while he was in charge .
kilpatrick introduced a number of other professional events at madison square garden , such as ice shows and , with the assistance of ned irish , college and professional basketball player .
in 1936 , he was elected an nhl governor .
in june 1942 , kilpatrick was recalled to active military duty to serve in world war ii and was promoted to brigadier general .
he retired from the army in 1949 and resumed his career at madison square garden .
kilpatrick continued to make contributions to the sport of ice hockey , including establishing the national hockey league pension society in 1947 .
posthumously , he was elected to the hockey hall of fame in 1960 , and in 1968 , he received the lester patrick trophy for outstanding service to hockey in the united states .
