Doug Messier

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| image_size = 230px

| played_for = Seattle Totems
Edmonton Flyers
Portland Buckaroos
Pittsburgh Hornets

| position = Defence

| shoots=Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 185

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|9|5|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Wainwright, Alberta, Canada

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| career_start = 1954

| career_end = 1969

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Douglas Herbert Messier (born September 5, 1936) is a Canadian former ice hockey player and coach. He played 487 games in the Western Hockey League, playing with the Seattle Totems, Edmonton Flyers, and Portland Buckaroos. He also played briefly in the American Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Hornets. After his retirement, he became a minor league hockey coach.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704132204576285302010176750|title=Now Coaching: Mark Messier's Father|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=26 April 2011|last1=Sielski|first1=Mike}}{{cite web|url=http://nationals.usahockey.com/news_article/show/244727?referrer_id=719613 |title=Father Doug Messier, Hall of Fame son Mark, bring Blues together for National Championships |publisher=Nationals.usahockey.com |date= 5 April 2013|accessdate=2020-04-18}} Messier is the father of Paul Messier and Hockey Hall of Fame player Mark Messier.