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Clarence Sutherland Campbell, OBE QC (July 9, 1905 – June 24, 1984) [1] was a Canadian ice hockey executive, referee, and soldier. He refereed in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 1930s, served in the Canadian Army during World War II , then served as the third president of the NHL from 1946 to 1977.
Originally named the Clarence Campbell Conference (or Campbell Conference for short), it was created in 1974 when the NHL realigned its teams into two conferences and four divisions. Because the new conferences and divisions had little to do with North American geography, geographical references were removed.
The Clarence S. Campbell Bowl, [1] or simply the Campbell Bowl, is a team award presented by the National Hockey League (NHL). Named after Clarence Campbell, who served as president of the NHL from 1946–47 to 1976–77, it has been awarded for different accomplishments throughout its history, serving as a counterpart to the Prince of Wales Trophy since the 1967 NHL expansion by using the ...
The National Hockey League's Smythe Division was formed in 1974 as part of the Clarence Campbell Conference. The division existed for 19 seasons until 1993. It was named in honour of Conn Smythe, who was a longtime owner, general manager, and head coach in the league. It is the forerunner of the NHL's Northwest Division and Pacific Division.
The expansion process formally began in March 1965, when NHL President Clarence Campbell announced that the league proposed to expand its operations through the formation of a second six-team division. San Francisco – Oakland and Vancouver were declared "acceptable cities" with Los Angeles and St. Louis as potential sites.
NHL President Clarence Campbell, shown in 1957 with the Stanley Cup The game's on-ice officials, Richard, Laycoe, Montreal assistant general manager Ken Reardon , Boston general manager Lynn Patrick , Montreal coach Dick Irvin , and NHL referee-in-chief Carl Voss attended the March 16 hearing.
Doctor Clarence Thomas Campbell (December 27, 1843 [1] – 1922 [2]) was a physician, historian and politician in Ontario, Canada.He served as mayor of London in 1905.. The son of Thomas Campbell, a native of Ireland who was of Scottish descent, he was born in London and was educated there, [1] going on to study medicine at the Cleveland Western Medical College and the Homeopathic College of ...
Clarence Campbell, better known as Soup Campbell (after Campbell's Soup) (March 7, 1915 – February 16, 2000) was an American backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1940 through 1941 for the Cleveland Indians. Listed at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), 188 lb., Campbell batted left-handed and threw right-handed.