Frederic McLaughlin
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Major Frederic McLaughlin (born June 27, 1877 in Chicago, Illinois - December 17, 1944) was the first owner of the Chicago Blackhawks.
McLaughlin led the 333rd Machine Gun Battalion of the 86th "Blackhawk" Infantry Division of the United States Army during World War I. When he purchased the Portland Rosebuds in 1926, he decided he would honor his troops by naming the new ice hockey team after them. McLaughlin was fiercely patriotic, and at various times during his ownership would try to fill his roster with as many Americans as possible. He would lead the franchise to its first two Stanley Cup in 1934 and 1938. In 1963, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder.
He died of heart disease on December 17th,1944.
