Earl Walter Seibert

1910 - 1990  (79 years)

• Name	Earl Walter Seibert
  Born	7 Dec 1910	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	hockey
  Name	Flying Dutchman Seibert
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Lutheran
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-176159
  Died	20 May 1990	Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States   [2]
  Buried	Agawam Center Cemetery, Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I176159	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Oliver Levi Seibert,   b. 18 Mar 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 May 1944  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Emma S. Fuhrmann,   b. 18 Aug 1879, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1950  (Age 70 years)
  Married	6 Nov 1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F175452	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Earl Seibert from Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

  
  

• Notes

  Professional Hockey Player. A member of the famed Seibert hockey family, his father was early hockey player Oliver Seibert. A native of Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario, he played the position of Defense for the National Hockey League's New York Rangers from 1931 to 1936, Chicago Blackhawks from 1935 to 1945, and the Detroit Red Wings from 1944 to 1946. He was named to the 1935, 1942, 1943, and 1944 First All-Star Team Defense, and to the 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, and 1941 Second All-Star Team Defense. After retiring from playing hockey, he became a head coach for the minor league Springfield Indians from 1946 to 1951, and the Indianapolis Capitols from 1946 to 1947, both of the American Hockey League (AHL). Seibert, who lived in Detroit, Michigan, and West Springfield, Massachusetts, relocated to the town of Agawam, Massachusetts, in 1952. It was there that he became a successful businessmn, having owned and operated the State Line Package Store for 38 years. He passed away at the Western Massachusetts Hospital in 1990, at the age of 79. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a Player in 1963. His father who died in 1944, had been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame two years earlier. Bio by: Peterborough K Cemetery, A., America, N., County, H., & Cemetery, A. (1910). Earl Walter "Flying Dutchman" Seibert (1910-1990)... Retrieved 8 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16477873/earl-walter-seibert

  
  

• Sources

  [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 24 Pg. 15. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, A., America, N., County, H., & Cemetery, A. (1910). Earl Walter “Flying Dutchman” Seibert (1910-1990)... Retrieved 8 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16477873/earl-walter-seibert.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Dec 1910 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 May 1990 - Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Buried - - Agawam Center Cemetery, Agawam, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth