Charles Shannon (ice hockey)

Charles Kitchener "Chuck" Shannon (March 22, 1916 in Campbellford, Ontario – August 25, 1974) was a professional ice hockey player who played 4 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Americans. His family moved to Niagara Falls in 1918. Shannon's hockey career spanned 28 years, beginning in 1932 through to the late 1950s. He began playing Junior Hockey for the Niagara Falls Kiwanis from 1932 to 1933, moving to the Sudbury Wolves until 1935. From the Wolves he went to the Memorial Cup in Winnipeg and that same year, signed a three-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Charles Shannon (ice hockey)

Charles Kitchener "Chuck" Shannon (March 22, 1916 in Campbellford, Ontario – August 25, 1974) was a professional ice hockey player who played 4 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Americans. His family moved to Niagara Falls in 1918. Shannon's hockey career spanned 28 years, beginning in 1932 through to the late 1950s. He began playing Junior Hockey for the Niagara Falls Kiwanis from 1932 to 1933, moving to the Sudbury Wolves until 1935. From the Wolves he went to the Memorial Cup in Winnipeg and that same year, signed a three-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs.