Allan Loney

Allan Nelson Loney (May 3, 1885 – March 2, 1965) was an ice hockey player from the Ontario town of Maxville. He was the first hockey player to be charged with murder for the death of another player, after he clubbed Alcide Laurin to death during a game on February 24, 1905. He was the only son of Ephram Allen Loney and Jerusha Ann Adams of Maxville.

Loney claimed self-defence. The charges were reduced to manslaughter, and he was subsequently acquitted. He died on March 2, 1965, in Edmonton, Alberta, where he had worked as a Canadian National Railway employee.

See also
Violence in ice hockey

References

Category:1885 births
Category:1965 deaths
Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Category:Sportspeople from Parry Sound, Ontario
Category:Sportspeople from Ontario
Category:People acquitted of manslaughter