Forgotten Panthers Player?

[Meanly]

Hello,

Can any Panthers history buffs or anyone who knows where to look help me?

I have been told by the family historian that my great Uncle William Collington was once a Panthers Player (for a short while) I don't know how much truth there is in this as I cant find any proof, we are talking early years of the panthers after WW2. 

Any help or suggestions where i could find information of any kind would be greatly appreciated!

I have a attached a photo of William Collington should that be of any use.



Thanks!

[iginla]

I think Stef is your man to answer this.....he would have watched him play. 😄

[spik]

Sorry to day there is no record of such a player.
Maybe the Wolves at that time who were a second/reserve/junior type team I believe.

Your man to answer this is Martin Harris.
Look at the UKIHJ website for his contact....I'll try and remember to email myself later today though.
Are you sure it was Nottingham as there was a Perth Panthers years gone by.

[Meanly]

Apr 17, 2017 0:36:29 GMT spik said:

Sorry to day there is no record of such a player.
Maybe the Wolves at that time who were a second/reserve/junior type team I believe.

Your man to answer this is Martin Harris.
Look at the UKIHJ website for his contact....I'll try and remember to email myself later today though.
Are you sure it was Nottingham as there was a Perth Panthers years gone by.

Thanks for the help!I will get in touch with him asap. I hadn't thought of the Perth panthers but will certainly look into it. Unfortunately know one is completely sure as two people who cold give us some definitely answersomething passed away some years ago.

[spik]

Apr 17, 2017 8:32:36 GMT Meanly said:

Apr 17, 2017 0:36:29 GMT spik said:

Sorry to day there is no record of such a player.
Maybe the Wolves at that time who were a second/reserve/junior type team I believe.

Your man to answer this is Martin Harris.
Look at the UKIHJ website for his contact....I'll try and remember to email myself later today though.
Are you sure it was Nottingham as there was a Perth Panthers years gone by.

Thanks for the help!I will get in touch with him asap. I hadn't thought of the Perth panthers but will certainly look into it. Unfortunately know one is completely sure as two people who cold give us some definitely answersomething passed away some years ago.

I've researched this subject and done the statistics on every player to have played since inception and that includes the 1939 proposed team that never played a game. This name does not appear.Sorry.

[Meanly]

Hello I got in touch with the awesome Martin Harris and this was his repsonse for anyone interested:

I regret that your aunt's uncle's name is not familiar to me.

I have checked the 300,000 plus player data-base of the Society for International Hockey Research (SIHR) and there are no Collington's listed.I have the complete stats for Panthers 1946-60, down to those who just played one competitive match and no William Collington. A team dubbed Panthers played a handful of games during the winter of 1939/40, I have a copy of one programme and again drew a blank.

There was an amateur (mainly pay-to-play) team the Nottingham Wolves (1949-59) which competed in the Midland Intermediate League 1951-55, may be that is the team. Full rosters do not exist to my knowledge but I have some away programmes and cannot find his name.May be he had a few practise session and was not selected.

Sorry I cannot help further' You could try the time consuming and laborious task of searing through local newspapers at Nottingham's main library.

Regards
Martin.
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Also a big thankyou to spik for all your help, it's great to have such helpfull and enthusiastic people in the community!