Angus Duford

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Angus Duford, Ottawa Senators.jpg

| caption = Duford with Ottawa Stars lacrosse team

| image_size = 230px

| position = Centre

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 150

| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|10|18}}

| birth_place = Gloucester, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1950|5|21|1891|10|18}}

| death_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

| career_start = 1910

| career_end = 1916

| played_for = Ottawa Senators

}}

Angus Edmund Duford (October 18, 1891 – May 21, 1950) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Duford played at the center forward position for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey Association (NHA) in 1913–1916.[http://www.justsportsstats.com/hockeystatsindex.php?player_id=duforan01 Angus Duford] at [http://www.justsportsstats.com JustSportsStats] Over three seasons in the NHA Duford scored 13 goals in 45 games. He was born in Hawthorne, Ontario.

Duford fought with the Canadian military in World War I and was dangerously injured by an exploding shell in Somme, France, in 1917. It left his right side paralyzed and disabled his speech, and he never played hockey again.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19170911&id=M70uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V9kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7462,6226636 "Hockey days over writes Angy Duford"] Ottawa Citizen, September 11, 1917.

He died at his home in Ottawa, May 21, 1950.[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/48599722 Ottawa Journal] May 22, 1950.

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