Mike Rodden

Mike Rodden
Born	Michael James Rodden (1891-04-24)April 24, 1891 Mattawa, ON, CAN
Died	January 11, 1978(1978-01-11) (aged 86) Toronto
Occupation	sports journalist, National Hockey League referee, and football coach

Michael James Rodden (April 24, 1891 – January 11, 1978) was a Canadian sports journalist, National Hockey League referee, and Canadian football coach, and was the first person elected to both the Hockey Hall of Fame (1962) and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame (1964).

Born in Mattawa, Ontario, Rodden officiated in 1,187 National Hockey League games. As a football coach, he led the Hamilton Tigers to Grey Cup championships in 1928 and 1929. The Mike Rodden Arena & Community Centre in Mattawa is named in his honour.

Rodden's primary occupation was sports journalist. He started working at the Toronto Globe (now The Globe and Mail) as a reporter in 1918, rising to sports editor 10 years later. He worked at the Globe for 18 years before moving to the Kingston Whig-Standard in 1936 when the Globe merged with The Mail and Empire. He remained sports editor there until 1958 and contributed a weekly column to the paper until a few weeks before his death in 1978 at age 86.

Rodden left his hometown at age 15 to attend the University of Ottawa. He was a student at Queen's University from 1910 to 1913, earning 15 letters in rugby football and ice hockey over that period. He went on to play football for Toronto Parkdale (1915) and the Toronto Argonauts (1919–1920). He would also coach both of those teams, and was head coach of the Tigers from 1927–1930 and in 1937.

In hockey, Rodden coached De La Salle College, a high school team, in the 1920–21 season. He coached the St. Andrew's College juniors in 1921–22 and St. Mary's in 1923–24. In 1925, he coached the University of Toronto Schools Rugby team to an undefeated season, winning the Canadian Interscholastic Championship. Rodden was coach of the Toronto St. Pats until his contract was terminated in January 1927,^[1] just before the club was sold and became the Maple Leafs. He is credited with coaching two games by the NHL. At the same time, he was working as a referee for the Ontario Hockey Association.

Coaching record

IFRU coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Result
TOR	1920	5	1	0	.833	1st, IRFU	1	1	Lost in Grey Cup
TOR	1926	3	3	0	.500	3rd, IRFU	-	-	Missed Playoffs
HAM	1927	5	1	0	.833	1st, IRFU	1	1	Lost in Grey Cup
HAM	1928	6	0	0	1.000	1st, IRFU	2	0	Won Grey Cup
HAM	1929	5	1	0	.833	1st, IRFU	3	0	Won Grey Cup
HAM	1930	4	0	2	.833	1st, IRFU	1	1	Lost in East Final
HAM	1937	2	4	0	.333	3rd, IRFU	-	-	Missed Playoffs
Total		30	10	2	.738	5 IFRU Championships	-	-	2 Grey Cups

NHL coaching record

Team	Year	Regular Season							Post Season
Team	Year	G	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	Finish	Result
TOR	1926–27	2	0	2	0	-	(35)	5th in Canadian	(fired)

References

↑ "Mike Rodden no longer with the St. Patricks," Toronto Star, January 25, 1927, p. 10.

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Preceded by Charles Querrie	Head coach of the Toronto St. Patricks 1927	Succeeded by Alex Romeril

Hamilton Tigers 16th Grey Cup Champions

Manager: Len Black Head coach: Mike Rodden Bert Gibb Brian Timmis Glen Small Johnny Baker Johnny Fitzpatrick Huck Welch Eddie Wright Ed Crawford Alfred "Cap" Fear Pep Leadlay Harold Elford Jack Murphy Ernie Cox Bruce Inksetter Alex Denman Fred Veale Jimmie Simpson Tommy Chapple Ken Walker Ray Boadway Gordon French W.R. Tope Jimmy Buels

Hamilton Tigers 17th Grey Cup Champions

President: Clint Wigle Manager: Len Black Head coach: Mike Rodden Alex Denman Bert Gibb Jack Murphy Timmy Languay Ernie Cox Gordon French Eddie Wright Fred Wright Jimmie Simpson Brian Timmis Huck Welch Alfred "Cap" Fear Pep Leadlay Ken Walker Elf Dagg Glen Small Ray Boadway Harold Elford S.Stevens ? Wright

Toronto Argonauts head coaches

H. T. Glazebrook (1873–1874)
H. Lambe (1875)
W. H. Perram (1876–1877)
Bedford (1878–1879)
Orville Murphy (1880–1881)
Hume Blake (1882)
A. H. Campbell (1883)
Hume Blake (1884)
Rupert Muntz (1885–1886)
Hugh Smith (1887–1890)
R. Bayley (1891–1892)
Billy Wood (1893)
Joe Wright, Sr. (1894–1900)
Pud Kent (1901–1903)
Fred Thompson (1904–1905)
Chaucer Elliott (1906)
Art Kent and Fred Russell (1907–1908)
Chaucer Elliott (1909–1910)
Billy Foulds (1911)
Jack Newton (1912)
Ross Binkley (1913)
Billy Foulds (1914)
Warren Coryell and Billy Foulds (1915)
Sinc McEvenue (1919)
Mike Rodden (1920)
Sinc McEvenue (1921)
Jack O'Connor (1922–1925)
Mike Rodden (1926)
Frank Knight (1927–1928)
Buck McKenna (1929–1932)
Lew Hayman (1932–1944)
Teddy Morris (1945–1949)
Frank Clair (1950–1954)
Bill Swiacki (1955)
Hamp Pool (1956–1959)
Steve Owen (1959)
Lou Agase (1960–1962)
Nobby Wirkowski (1962–1964)
Bob Shaw (1965–1966)
Leo Cahill (1967–1972)
John Rauch (1973–1974)
Joe Moss (1974)
Russ Jackson (1975–1976)
Leo Cahill (1977–1978)
Bud Riley (1978)
Forrest Gregg (1979)
Willie Wood (1980–1981)
Tommy Hudspeth (1981)
Bob O'Billovich (1982–1989)
Don Matthews (1990)
Adam Rita (1991–1992)
Dennis Meyer (1992–1993)
Bob O'Billovich (1993–1994)
Mike Faragalli (1995)
Bob O'Billovich (1995)
Don Matthews (1996–1998)
Jim Barker (1999)
John Huard (2000)
Pinball Clemons (2000–2001)
Gary Etcheverry (2002)
Pinball Clemons (2002–2007)
Rich Stubler (2008)
Don Matthews (2008)
Bart Andrus (2009)
Jim Barker (2010–2011)
Scott Milanovich (2012– )

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