Rod Flett

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (1873–1927)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Roderick Flett

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| image = Rod-Flett-1901.jpg

| image_size = 225px

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| caption = Rod Flett in 1901.

| birth_date = {{birth date|1873|1|26|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Kildonan, Manitoba, Canada[http://sihrhockey.org/public_player_list.cfm?letter=f&PageNum_qPlayers=16&league_filter=all SIHR – Player List] sihrhockey.org

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1927|6|30|1873|1|26}}

| death_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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| position = Point

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| played_for = Winnipeg Victorias

| career_start = 1893

| career_end = 1903

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Roderick McLeod Flett (January 26, 1873 – June 30, 1927) was a Canadian Métis{{Cite web |last=Barkwell |first=Lawrence |title=Roderick and Magnus Flett: Stanley Cup Winners |url=https://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/14496.Magnus%20Linklater%20Flett.pdf |access-date=February 8, 2023 |website=www.metismuseum.ca/}} ice hockey player. He was a member of the three-time Stanley Cup Champion Winnipeg Victorias. He played the point position, now known as left defence. His younger brother Magnus Flett was also a hockey player on the Winnipeg Victorias team.

Rod Flett was born in Kildonan, Manitoba in 1873 and died while golfing at the St. Charles Country Club in Winnipeg in 1927.[http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/flett_rm.shtml Roderick McLeod "Roddy" Flett] at [http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people Memorable Manitobans]

Awards and achievements

References

  • [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=85 Rod Flett's biography] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20141004060054/http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]
  • [https://www.scribd.com/doc/28412296/Metis-Hockey-Players Brief biography of Rod Flett]

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