Peter Patton

Peter Patton
Born (1876-03-05)5 March 1876
London, England
Died 10 April 1939(1939-04-10) (aged 63)
Tiverton, England
Position Defence
Played for Princes
London Lions
National team  Great Britain
Playing career 1897–1931

Major Bethune Minet "Peter" Patton (5 March 1876 – 10 April 1939) was an English ice hockey player and administrator. He is credited with bringing ice hockey to United Kingdom and helping to spread the sport to Europe. He was a founding member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 1908 and was the inaugural president of the British Ice Hockey Association (BIHA) in 1914. He is a member of both the IIHF Hall of Fame and the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.

Patton had a public school education at Winchester and Wellington and he is believed to have learned to skate whilst holidaying in Switzerland.

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