Goaltender Art Child was born in 1916 in East Ham, London and as a child was raised in Canada after his family emigrated at the end of the Great War. As a youngster, he played between the pipes for Guelph City, and became an outstanding minor league netminder before returning to Britain in 1935 joining the Wembley Lions. Child spent a season with the Earls Court Rangers before returning to Wembley as back-up goalie for the Monarchs until the spring of 1940.
Although a member of the ’36 gold medal winning team, Art Child was unlucky to sit the entire tournament on the bench due to the brilliance of first choice – Jimmy Foster.
In 1941, Art Child moved back to Canada to become Director of Marketing for the American Can Company, whilst enjoying a ten-year career and seven Ontario championships playing for the Hamilton Tigers. He then founded his own company and went on to become a Member of Parliament.
The last survivor of that glorious team of 1936, Art Child died in 1996 aged 80, while playing golf in Canada.
Compiled with research, provided by Martin C.Harris - July 1998.
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