Seattle Eskimos player Bob Benson, Seattle, 1930

• Main Author: Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Ice hockey players > Washington (State) > Seattle; Sports > Washington (State) > Seattle; Ice skating rinks > Washington (State) > Seattle; Benson; Robert John; Canada; eskimo*
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/231

Icelandic-Canadian Robert John 'Bobby' Benson played defense for the Seattle Eskimos from 1929 to 1931, near the end of his long hockey career. His career began when he played four seasons with the Winnipeg Falcons of the Manitoba Hockey League from 1913 to 1917. During World War I, Benson played on military teams during his time with the Winnipeg 223rd Scandinavian Battalion. While traded quite a bit during his long hockey career, Benson served as a key defense player on the Canadian Olympic team in 1920 when Canada won the gold. In this 1930 photograph from when Benson played for the Seattle Eskimos, the 5'6" 135 lb. Benson is showing his left shooting style. Handwritten on image: Benson Bob. Caption information sources: The Legends of Hockey.net; hockeydb.com. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March 12, 1930. 1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.