[1][2] He graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1926,[4] travelling to the United Kingdom the following year to continue his studies at St John's College, Cambridge, where he remained for three years, studying classics.

[1][5] During this time he was also invited to play as goaltender for the Great Britain men's national ice hockey team.

[1] After completing his time at Cambridge, he pursued further study at Harvard University, following which he returned to Canada and taught at the University of Manitoba, Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario, and Luxton School and Gordon Bell High School in Winnipeg.

During World War II, he served in the Royal Winnipeg Rifles as a lieutenant, fighting from the Normandy landings to the Battle of the Scheldt, during which he was seriously injured at the Leopold Canal.

[4][3] This British biographical article relating to ice hockey is a stub.