his life, before buying a home in Mount Royal in 1954. Irvin married Bertha Helen Bain and fathered two children, daughter Fay and son James Dickinson Irvin III (known as Dick, Jr.) who is a noted Canadian television sports announcer. He was a noted pigeon fancier. Irvin died at his Mount Royal home. According to his obituary in the Montreal Gazette, Irvin "died after a lingering illness. [He] had to retire because of the illness that was finally to snuff out his colorful life." He was interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. Irvin was portrayed in the 2005 Maurice Richard biopic The Rocket by Canadian actor Stephen McHattie. Tribute Upon learning of Irvin's death, NHL president Clarence Campbell issued this statement which appeared in the Montreal Gazette on May 17, 1957: "Everyone in the hockey world mourns. [We have lost] one of the greatest figures the game has ever known." Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Coaching record Awards and achievements Allan Cup Championship (1915) Stanley Cup Championships as a coach (1932 – Toronto, 1944, 1946, and 1953 – Montreal) Lost in the finals a record 12 times as a coach (1931 – Chicago, 1933-35-36-38-39-40 – Toronto, 1947-51-52-54-55 – Montreal) NHL First All-Star Team Coach (1944, 1945, 1946) NHL Second All-Star Team Coach (1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1941) Inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1983 Selected to Manitoba's All-Century First All-Star Team and named Coach of the Century Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame See also Notable families in the NHL References Bibliography External links Dick Irvin's biography at Canadian Sports Hall of Fame Dick Irvin's biography at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame 1892 births 1957 deaths Burials at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto Canadian Expeditionary Force soldiers Canadian male curlers Chicago Blackhawks captains Chicago Blackhawks coaches Chicago Blackhawks players Canadian ice hockey centres Canadian ice hockey coaches Curlers from Hamilton, Ontario Curlers from Winnipeg Deaths from bone cancer Deaths from cancer in Quebec Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Ice hockey people from Ontario Ice hockey people from Winnipeg Ice hockey player-coaches Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame inductees Montreal Canadiens coaches Portland Rosebuds players Regina Capitals players Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario Stanley Cup champions Stanley Cup championship-winning head coaches Toronto Maple Leafs coaches Winnipeg Monarchs players