Fred Waghorne

Frederick Charles Albert "Old Wag" Waghorne Sr. (October 16, 1865 – June 19, 1956) was an ice hockey referee and organizer in Canada.

[1][2] Waghorne was born in Tunbridge Wells, England and then moved to Canada.

While mainly interested in rugby as a youth, he became interested in lacrosse and ice hockey and eventually started the Toronto Lacrosse Hockey League.

He is known to have officiated 2,400 hockey games and 1,500 lacrosse matches.

[3] Waghorne is credited with several changes and innovations to ice hockey rules, such as:[3] Waghorne was involved with ice hockey and lacrosse until his death in 1956 at the age of 90.