Harold Joseph "Hal" McNamara (1889-08-03–1937-08-27) was a Canadian

Canada

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 professional ice hockey

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 player, as a defenceman

Defenceman (ice hockey)

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. He had two professional ice hockey playing brothers George

George McNamara

George Andrew McNamara was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman.When George was a youngster, his family moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and it was in the Soo that he first learned the game of hockey. McNamara made his professional hockey debut playing with The Sault Ste...

 and Howard

Howard McNamara

Howard Dennis McNamara was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He played professionally from 1908 to 1920, including two seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, including the 1916 Stanley Cup champions...

. Born in Randolph, Ontario, Canada, he lived until 1937 before dying in Peru

Peru

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Playing career

He started as a professional with the Canadian Soo Algonquins of the International Hockey League in 1908. He later played for the Edmonton HC of the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association; the Toronto Pro HC

Toronto Professional Hockey Club

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 and Waterloo Colts of the Ontario Professional Hockey League

Ontario Professional Hockey League

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; and the Cobalt Silver Kings

Cobalt Silver Kings

The Cobalt Silver Kings are a defunct ice hockey club which played in Cobalt, Ontario, Canada from 1906 to 1911, notably during the 1910 NHA season, founding season of the National Hockey Association forerunner of today's National Hockey League...

, Renfrew Creamery Kings

Renfrew Creamery Kings

The Renfrew Hockey Club, also known as the Creamery Kings and the "Renfrew Millionaires" was a founding franchise in 1909 of the National Hockey Association, the precursor to the National Hockey League...

, Toronto Ontarios

Toronto Ontarios

The Toronto Ontarios was a professional men's ice hockey team in the National Hockey Association from 1912 to 1915 based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...

 and Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

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 of the National Hockey Association

National Hockey Association

The National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League...

 before retiring in 1917.

1908 Stanley Cup challenge

McNamara was one of the Edmonton Hockey Club's 'ringers' who played in an unsuccessful Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

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 challenge against the Montreal Wanderers

Montreal Wanderers

The Montreal Wanderers were a Canadian amateur, and later becoming a professional men's ice hockey team. The team played in the Federal Amateur Hockey League , the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association , the National Hockey Association and briefly the National Hockey League . The Wanderers are...

 in December 1908.

Later career

McNamara was hired to manage the Halifax Crescents

Halifax Crescents

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 of the Maritime Professional Hockey League

Maritime Professional Hockey League

The Maritime Professional Hockey League was a professional men's ice hockey league operating in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia from around 1910 until 1915. Two of the league's champions challenged for the Stanley Cup...

for the 1913–14 season.