Shirley Davidson

Shirley Davidson (September 23, 1874 – August 5, 1907) was a Canadian ice hockey player for the Montreal Victorias during the late 19th century.

[2] Shirley attended McGill University in Montreal for an engineering degree, while playing for the junior Vics.

[7] It is alleged that Shirley died in a suicide pact with Aileen Hingston as his father, Sir Charles Peers Davidson (Chief Justice of the Quebec supreme court), refused to approve their marriage because she was a Roman Catholic.

[8][9] Sadly, Aileen would not live to see her first book published; Pere Jean, and other stories which was made in print in 1910.

Further tragedy was to befall the Davidson family shortly after this event as Shirley's brother Thornton died in the RMS Titanic disaster in 1912.

Montreal Victorias in 1897. Shirley Davidson is sitting second from left in the front row, directly behind the Stanley Cup.