Card Description
Program for the Cobourg Comets Men's OHA Intermediate A Hockey Club versus the Lakefield Indians in the 1954-55 season.
Type Of Object
Vintage
1954-1955
Team or Principal Name
Sport Type
Sport League
Sport Level
Accession Number
2017.002.025
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The Cobourg Galloping Ghosts are the most famous team in Cobourg sports history. Managed by Fred Dufton, the Ghosts won eight Ontario championships, five after World War II. They were Canadian Dominion champions in 1946, 1948 and 1950. They were the first team in Canada to wear aluminum cleats and the second to wear white uniforms.
Norm Dowdall, Cobourg Comets
The leading scorer for Cobourg from the 1954/55 season, Norm Dowdall passed away on December 23, 2025.
As a member of SIHR (Society for International Hockey Research), I am retired and now fancy myself to be a hockey historian. Having learned through Facebook that Mr. Dowdall had passed, I was looking for his obituary and details about his career and fortuitously happened upon your site. Thought you might be interested in learning about his status.