Frank Patrick (ice hockey)

Francis Alexis Patrick was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, head coach, manager, and executive. Along with his brother Lester, he founded the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), the first major professional hockey league in Western Canada. Patrick, who also served as president of the league, took control of the Vancouver Millionaires, serving as a player, coach, and manager of the team. It was in the PCHA that Patrick would introduce many innovations to hockey that remain today, including the blue line, the penalty shot, and tracking assists, among others.

21 December 1885

Born on the same birth day (21 December): Andy Dick • Carl Wilson • Glenn Coleman (rugby league) • Gustave Kahn • Heinrich Böll • Jan Łukasiewicz • Jane Fonda • Karrie Webb • Kazuyuki Sekiguchi • Lloyd Axworthy • Luke Brooks • Mark Ingram II • Mikheil Saakashvili • Steve Furniss

Born in the same month (December 1885): Annie Dale Biddle Andrews • Bazoline Estelle Usher • Deems Taylor • Elizabeth Baker (economist) • George Minot • Leonid Pitamic • Marios Varvoglis • Mason Phelps • Paul Manship • Peter Sturholdt • Pierre Brissaud • Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein