Portage Lake Hockey Team

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Title: Portage Lake Hockey Team
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Manners and Customs - Recreation - Sports - Winter Sports - Hockey, Manners and Customs - Clothing and Dress,
Condition: Good
Description: Portage Lake Hockey Team - World's Champs 1904 [A studio posed photo of the 1903-1904 hockey team. The scanned photo was taken from Reeder negative T-295. A mounted print located in MS044-006-002 indicates the following individuals: N.F Westcott, James Duggan, C.E. Webb, J.R. Dee, J. Linder, Bertram C, Morrison, W. C. Shields, J.L Gibson, W. Hodgson Stuart, C. Bruce Stuart, C. Ernest Wescott, William M. Hern.]
Source of Description: Back of the photo [cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: J. Harry Reeder
Date of Photo: 1904
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 20.3 cm x 12.8 cm
Polarity: Negative
Image No: MS042-041-T-295
Collection Name: Reeder Photograph Collection
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• The 1903-04 World Champion Portage Lakes are often considered the first professional hockey team. Pictured in the back row on the far right is Joseph Linder, a Hancock Central High (HCH) School sophomore at the time. A star player, Linder led HCH to its second consecutive state championship in 1904-05. He was deemed ineligible to compete during his senior year because he had already played varsity hockey for four seasons. Undaunted, Linder coached the 1905-06 HCH team to its third straight state title. The Hancock-born Linder was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1975.
10/2/2014 9:21:52 PM by John Haeussler